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Letter, 'Of the earthquake of 2 Apl 1750' from John Seddon to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/140

Date: 10 June 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. Ph. Warburton to the President, serving to inclose an extract of a letter from the Rev. Mr. John Seddon, of Warrington in Lancashire, to Mr. Philpot, in Chester, concerning an earth­quake, April 2. 1750'

Read 14 June 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/140
Earliest possible date
10 June 1750
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the earthquake of 2 Apl 1750' from John Seddon to Martin Folkes, 10 June 1750, L&P/2/140, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_140/letter-of-the-earthquake-of-2-apl-1750-from-john-seddon-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 21 May 2026

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