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Letter, from Joseph Morgan to Benjamin Franklin

Reference number: EL/M3/36a

Date: 11 October 1738

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Addition to EL/M3/36 on Jupiter's distance to the sun and about his history of philosophy and wishes it to be sent to the Royal Society

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EL/M3/36a
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11 October 1738
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Joseph Morgan

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Joseph Morgan, Letter, from Joseph Morgan to Benjamin Franklin, 11 October 1738, EL/M3/36a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_36a/letter-from-joseph-morgan-to-benjamin-franklin, accessed on 12 November 2025

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