A letter from a seaman John Musgrave to his father Thomas Bruton, 5 Aug 1692
Item
Shelfmark: MS. Rawl. A. 171, fol. 287
Held at the Weston Library
Bears the following memorandum: "An instance of the effect of lightning, striking through a letter, as it stuck folded up in the cabin-window of Thomas Bruton, gunner of the Coronation, in Portsmouth harbour."
Dates
- Creation: 5 Aug 1692
Extent
1 item
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. A. 171, fol. 287
Physical Facet
Partly burnt
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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