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RefNoLBO/26/41
AltRefNoLBO/26/157
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TitleCopy letter from Edward Wright, Plymouth, to Peter Collinson
Date3 February 1740
Description ' Extract of a Letter from Captain /Edward Wright to Mr Collinson giving an account a a very uncommoon Sort of cloudy Weather attended with a strange Ferment of the Sea, and vast flocks of Birds 60 or 70 Leagues from Land. '

Read to the Royal Society on 7 February 1739/1749
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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