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RefNoL&P/3/106/2
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TitleNote, 'Extract of a letter to the Revd St Hales, FRS from Governor Belcher's Lady dated ElizabethTown - New Jersey. Oct. 22 1755' by Stephen Hales
CreatorBelcher; Louise (fl 1756) née Teale; Quaker
Date1756
DescriptionNote attached to a paper on the method of preserving animal specimens from putrefaction written by Stephen Hales FRS.
The note contains an extract from a letter by Louise Teale Belcher, second wife to the then Governor of New Jersey, Jonathan Belcher. The letter dated 22 October 1755 reports height changes in the water of Lake Ontario, second-hand report from the garrisons posted on the shore.

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter to the Rev. Dr. Hales, F. R. S. from Governor Belcher's Lady; dated Elizabeth town, New Jersey, Oct 22, 1755; concerning an extraordinary motion in the waters in the Lake Ontario in North-America'

Read 19 February 1756
Extent2 p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1755.0078
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8441Hales; Stephen (1677 - 1761); physiologist and inventor1677 - 1761
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