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Add. MS a/201/8
Title
Letter from Francis Beaufort
Date(s)
- 2 Jan. 1836 (Creation)
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4 pp
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Admy - Commends WW for his defence of Isaac Newton [in the wake of Francis Baily's Life of Flamsteed]: 'a character which is one of the most brilliant spots in the national Glory'.