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Letter, 'Of a great darkness at Quebec on 16 October 1785' from Edward Williams to Major Brehm

Reference number: L&P/8/161

Date: 05 November 1785

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Subject: Meteorology

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L&P/8/161
Earliest possible date
05 November 1785
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a great darkness at Quebec on 16 October 1785' from Edward Williams to Major Brehm, 05 November 1785, L&P/8/161, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_161/letter-of-a-great-darkness-at-quebec-on-16-october-1785-from-edward-williams-to-major-brehm, accessed on 09 October 2024

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