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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. John Bartram, of Philadelphia, to Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S. relating to a remarkable Aurora borealis'

Read 25 February 1762

Reference number
L&P/4/97
Earliest possible date
12 November 1757
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'On the aurora' from John Bartram to Benjamin Franklin, 12 November 1757, L&P/4/97, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_97/letter-on-the-aurora-from-john-bartram-to-benjamin-franklin, accessed on 18 February 2025

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