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RefNoLBO/20/120
AltRefNoLBO/20/430
LevelFile
TitleCopy affidavits and certificate relating to the said Instrument
Datend
Description1. Affidavit of the person employed by Thomas Godfrey to make the aforesaid Instrument. Signed Edmund Wooley

2. Sworn at Phioladelphia in the province of Pensylvania on 27 March 1733. Signed Samuel Harell. Witness, Aubry de kla Motraye

3. Affidavit of the person who made the first Observations at Sea withthe above dewscribed Instrument. Signed Samuel Hasell, Mayor. Witness Aubry do la Motraye

Read at the Royal Society on 31 January 1733
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialLBO/20/119; LBO/20/118;
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