Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox to Hans Sloane – Oct: 27th 1734
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Date: Oct: 27th 1734 Author: Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053 Folio: f. 301
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British Library, London
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Curiosity Reports
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Earthquakes
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Oct: 27th 1734
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Gondwood
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Gondwood Octr 27th 1734 Sir, There was a considerable Earth quake, for this climate, on Fryday the 25th instant at half an hour after three in the morning, at Chichester. I am collecting all the particulars of it that I can, I will bring them to the society with me on Thursday next I am Dear Sir, Your faithfull humble servant Richmond
Charles Lennox (1701-1750), 2nd Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, was a politician and sportsman. In 1724 he was appointed aide-de-camp to George I and later worked for George II. Lennox was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1724 (Timothy J. McCann, ‘Lennox, Charles, second duke of Richmond, second duke of Lennox, and duke of Aubigny in the French nobility (1701–1750)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16450, accessed 13 Aug 2014]).
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