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Lapland, Finland

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Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Created for Charles Lyell Project 2020

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Autograph letter from Colin Maclaurin comprising a secretarial copy of an English translation of a letter from Maupertuis to James Bradley, 4 February 1737 [Old Style, i.e. 1738]

 Item
Identifier: Coll-2911/7
Scope and Contents Autograph letter from Colin Maclaurin addressed to James Stirling "at Leadhills", dated 4 February 1737 [Old Style, i.e. 1738], comprising a secretarial copy of an English translation of a letter from Maupertuis to James Bradley, Paris 27 September 1737, announcing the return of the French expedition to Lapland, 1736-37, and describing in detail the findings of the expedition, with Maclaurin's autograph covering note to verso of conjugate leaf, with apostscript inviting Stirling to join a...
Dates: 4 February 1737 [Old Style, i.e. 1738]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Autograph letters from Colin Maclaurin to James Stirling