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Letter, from W to John Houghton

Reference number: EL/W3/95

Date: 04 January 1704

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Observations of a storm at Exeter; account of a biting wild dog
Read to the Royal Society on 12 January 1704

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EL/W3/95
Earliest possible date
04 January 1704
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Letter, from W to John Houghton, 04 January 1704, EL/W3/95, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_95/letter-from-w-to-john-houghton, accessed on 20 January 2025

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