Extract of a letter, from Lord Paisley [James Hamilton] to George Graham

Reference number: EL/P1/117

Date: 01 January 1723

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Account of the comet of October 1723

Reference number: EL/P1/117
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1723
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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James Hamilton

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James Hamilton, Extract of a letter, from Lord Paisley [James Hamilton] to George Graham, 01 January 1723, EL/P1/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_117/extract-of-a-letter-from-lord-paisley-james-hamilton-to-george-graham, accessed on 07 November 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters P1
1660-1725 Reference number: EL/P1

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