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Letter from John Horsley, Morpeth, to [James Jurin]

Reference number: MA/47/1

Date: 9 February 1727

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He had sent a [meteorological] register for last year. His absence from home has led to a little irregularity, but nothing material. The copying was done by a schoolmaster, very awkwardly, but it is too late to have a better transcription made. Horsley draws attention to the quantity of rainfall.

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MA/47/1
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9 February 1727
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Ink on paper
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1 page. [p.1]
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Manuscript

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John Horsley

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John Horsley, Letter from John Horsley, Morpeth, to [James Jurin], 9 February 1727, MA/47/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ma_47_1/letter-from-john-horsley-morpeth-to-james-jurin, accessed on 14 September 2026

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