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Letter, 'Of the Lisbon earthquake' from William Elsden to William Stukeley

Reference number: L&P/3/211

Date: 12 November 1756

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Subject: Geology

Read 27 January 1757

Reference number
L&P/3/211
Earliest possible date
12 November 1756
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the Lisbon earthquake' from William Elsden to William Stukeley, 12 November 1756, L&P/3/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_211/letter-of-the-lisbon-earthquake-from-william-elsden-to-william-stukeley, accessed on 23 June 2025

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