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RefNoEL/G2/37
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Martha Gerrish to Jonathan Belcher, dated at Cambridge
CreatorGerrish; Martha (fl 1734)
Date24 December 1734
DescriptionLetter addressed to the Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Belcher, Martha Guerrish sends observations of recent parhelia (mock suns) in New England which the author wanted written in a male hand in the hope that it would be accepted (see EL/G2/38 for details of the parhelia).
Likely by Martha Foxcroft Gerrish (1688-1736) of Massachussetts.

Read to the Royal Society on 20 March 1735
Figure of the parhelia inserted after EL/G2/38
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Origin coordinates42.3751, -71.10561
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialB&W negative, Box N101, IM/005311
RelatedRecordIM/005311
EL/G2/38
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/813fc0d1-3a8a-4a60-94e3-05525a5acc6a
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