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Letter, 'Effect of a thunderstorm on the church of Buckland Brewer' from William Paxton to Jeremiah Milles

Reference number: L&P/5/90

Date: 07 April 1769

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from the Rev. Mr. William Paxton, Rector of Buckland Brewer, in the county of Devon, to Dr. Milles, Dean of Exeter, F. R. S. and Pr. S. A'

Read 20 April 1769

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L&P/5/90
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07 April 1769
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Effect of a thunderstorm on the church of Buckland Brewer' from William Paxton to Jeremiah Milles, 07 April 1769, L&P/5/90, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_90/letter-effect-of-a-thunderstorm-on-the-church-of-buckland-brewer-from-william-paxton-to-jeremiah-milles, accessed on 10 July 2025

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