Ralph Thoresby to Hans Sloane – August 3, 1709
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Date: August 3, 1709 Author: Ralph Thoresby Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042 Folio: ff. 26-27
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English
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British Library, London
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Curiosity Reports, Philosophical Transactions, Scientific
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Hurricanes, North of England, Weather
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August 3, 1709
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Leedes
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Mr Sam Smith Mr Nelson Mrs Brearcy John Thorpe
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Thoresby describes a storm that took place on June 20, 1709 in York as related to him by Mr Smith, an inhabitant of the city. The storm culminated with a hurricane that did much damage, uprooting trees and destroying buildings. Thoresby asks Sloane to send him copies of the Philosophical Transactions that are missing from his collection. Ralph Thoresby wrote “The Topography of Leedes” in 1715 and was interested in the topography of Yorkshire in general. He maintained a large collection of antiquities and other curiosities at his Musaeum Thoresbyanum in Leeds (P. E. Kell, “Thoresby, Ralph (16581725)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27334, accessed 11 May 2011]).
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