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Letter, from Reverend Joseph Wasse to Dr [Richard] Mead

Reference number: EL/W3/141

Date: 01 January 1725

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Observations of a lightning storm, particularly in regard to the fatality of a man, and creation of 'fairy circles'; a note about poetry

Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1725

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EL/W3/141
Earliest possible date
01 January 1725
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Wasse

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Joseph Wasse, Letter, from Reverend Joseph Wasse to Dr [Richard] Mead, 01 January 1725, EL/W3/141, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_141/letter-from-reverend-joseph-wasse-to-dr-richard-mead, accessed on 12 December 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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