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Letter, 'Of the earthquake at Lisbon on 31 March 1761' from unknown author to Joseph Salvador

Reference number: L&P/4/71

Date: 1761

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the earthquake at Lisbon, 31st March 1761: In a letter from thence, dated the 2d April 1761, to Joseph Salvador; Esq; F. R. S'

Read 23 April 1761

Reference number
L&P/4/71
Earliest possible date
1761
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the earthquake at Lisbon on 31 March 1761' from unknown author to Joseph Salvador, 1761, L&P/4/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_71/letter-of-the-earthquake-at-lisbon-on-31-march-1761-from-unknown-author-to-joseph-salvador, accessed on 16 April 2026

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