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RefNoEL/B2/36
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from R[ichard] Beach to Mr [Samuel] Pepys, dated at Portsmouth
CreatorBeach; Sir; Richard (-1692)
Date24 October 1685
DescriptionAutograph letter concerning what happened when a bolt of lightning struck the ship 'Royal James' in Portsmouth
Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1685
Transcribed in LBO/10/92
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 15, no 177, p 1212
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originPortsmouth, Hampshire, England
Origin coordinates50.79899, -1.09125
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1685.0073
RelatedRecordLBO/10/92
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/17eb1676-84a2-4aa3-8708-c6e92027ced1
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8433Pepys; Samuel (1633 - 1703); naval official and diarist1633 - 1703
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