A letter from a seaman John Musgrave to his father Thomas Bruton
MS. Rawl. A. 171, fol. 287
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Description
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Title
A letter from a seaman John Musgrave to his father Thomas Bruton
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. A. 171, fol. 287
Summary
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."
Date
5 Aug 1692
Language
English
Physical facet
Partly burnt
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Rawlinson A: English History
Pepys' Papers, vol. ii
A letter from a seaman John Musgrave to his father Thomas Bruton
