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Letter, 'Of the transit of Mercury over the Sun at Antigua 6 May 1753' from William Shervington to Benjamin Franklin

Reference number: L&P/2/387

Date: 20 June 1753

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter of Mr. William Shervington to Benjamin Franklin, Esq; of Philadelphia, concerning the transit of Mercury over the sun, on the 6 of May 1753, as observed in the Island of Antigua: Communicated by Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S'

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L&P/2/387
Earliest possible date
20 June 1753
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the transit of Mercury over the Sun at Antigua 6 May 1753' from William Shervington to Benjamin Franklin, 20 June 1753, L&P/2/387, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_387/letter-of-the-transit-of-mercury-over-the-sun-at-antigua-6-may-1753-from-william-shervington-to-benjamin-franklin, accessed on 12 November 2025

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