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TitleLetter from W Farr, Royal Hospital, Plymouth to Charles Blagden
Date27 April 1781
DescriptionThanks Blagden for his entertaining letter and for his curious remarks on the weather, looks forward to the prospect of seeing him. Discusses his family and their health. Has been busy with a contagious fever at Mill Prison and he and all the Medical Attendants have been infected, some of whom he fears will not recover. Thanks Blagden for his offer to collect the copies of Philosophical Transactions due to him. Gives measurements of rainfall in Plymouth for 1780 and 1781 and measurements from thermometer and barometer.
Extent1 sheet
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA4867Farr; William (- 1809) - 1809
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