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Letter, 'Of a remarkable darkness on 19 October' from James Stirling to John Duncan

Reference number: L&P/4/145

Date: 25 October 1762

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a remarkable darkness at Detroit, in America: In a letter from the Rev. Mr. James Stirling, to Mr. John Duncan: communicated by Samuel Mead, Esq; F. R. S'

Read 3 March 1763

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L&P/4/145
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25 October 1762
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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James Stirling

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James Stirling, Letter, 'Of a remarkable darkness on 19 October' from James Stirling to John Duncan, 25 October 1762, L&P/4/145, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_145/letter-of-a-remarkable-darkness-on-19-october-from-james-stirling-to-john-duncan, accessed on 19 April 2026

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