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Letter, 'Concerning a former paper of a comet' from Hugh Stackhouse to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/1/114

Date: 26 June 1742

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 1 July 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/114
Earliest possible date
26 June 1742
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Cromwell Mortimer

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Cromwell Mortimer, Letter, 'Concerning a former paper of a comet' from Hugh Stackhouse to Cromwell Mortimer, 26 June 1742, L&P/1/114, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_114/letter-concerning-a-former-paper-of-a-comet-from-hugh-stackhouse-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 10 February 2026

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    Dates: 1741 - 1806

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