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Letter, 'Of a storm of hail in Virginia' from Francis Fauquier to William Fauquier

Reference number: L&P/3/333

Date: 18 October 1758

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an extraordinary storm of hail in Virginia'

Read 9 November 1758

Reference number
L&P/3/333
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18 October 1758
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Fauquier

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Francis Fauquier, Letter, 'Of a storm of hail in Virginia' from Francis Fauquier to William Fauquier, 18 October 1758, L&P/3/333, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_333/letter-of-a-storm-of-hail-in-virginia-from-francis-fauquier-to-william-fauquier, accessed on 22 April 2026

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