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RefNoEL/W3/141
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Reverend Joseph Wasse to Dr [Richard] Mead
CreatorWasse; Joseph (1672-1738); Church of England clergyman; classical scholar; rector of Aynho, Northamptonshire
Date1725
DescriptionObservations of a lightning storm, particularly in regard to the fatality of a man, and creation of 'fairy circles'; a note about poetry

Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1725
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 33, no 390, p 366
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/7446f102-d646-495c-8ef1-4c1aeaa078cc
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8349Mead; Richard (1673 - 1754)1673 - 1754
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