Letter, from Cotton Mather to Richard Waller, dated at Boston
Reference number: EL/M2/32
Date: 28 November 1712
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Discusses different types of weather in New England - the effects of thunder and lightning, an account of an earthquake in 1663, of large hail stones, of hurricanes and whirlwinds in the Caribbean; concerning ancient remains at Ammuskeag above the falls of Merimack river where Native Americans hide their provisions; concerning rocks at Taunton by Tiding river
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- EL/M2/32
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- 28 November 1712
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- 7 pages
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- Manuscript
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Cotton Mather, Cotton Mather, Letter, from Cotton Mather to Richard Waller, dated at Boston, 28 November 1712, EL/M2/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_32/letter-from-cotton-mather-to-richard-waller-dated-at-boston, accessed on 14 December 2025
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