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Extract of a letter from Carolina with details of a hurricane

Reference number: RBO/9/113

Date: 1713

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Walls of Charlestown and bastions destroyed, several people drowned
Read to the Royal Society on 28 January 1714

Reference number
RBO/9/113
Earliest possible date
1713
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Extract of a letter from Carolina with details of a hurricane, 1713, RBO/9/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_113/extract-of-a-letter-from-carolina-with-details-of-a-hurricane, accessed on 16 January 2026

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