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Journal of solar eclipse expedition, October 1780

Journal of solar eclipse expedition, October 1780 Manuscript

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    Manuscript by John Davis

    20.5 cm x 16.7 cm

    From the John Davis papers


    This fragment of a diary kept by John Davis describes an expedition led by Prof. Samuel Williams to observe the solar eclipse behind British lines in Massachusetts Bay (now Maine), 16 October-1 November 1780