Janus: The Macclesfield Collection

Manuscripts/MS Add.9597/13/6 contains:
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83-84	A Meeting of the Gentlemen to whom his Royal Highness the Prince hath referred the care of printing of Mr Flamsteed's Astronomical Papers
85	A Meeting of the Gentlemen to whom his Royal Highness the Prince hath referred the care of printing of Mr Flamsteed's Astronomical Papers
86-87	Notes on the preparation of Flamsteed's papers for publication
88	Letter from Edmond Halley to Henry Sherwin
89	Halley on Logarithms
90	Draft of a Letter from Edmund Halley to Abraham Sharp
91	Letter from David Gregory to John Collins
91*	Catalogue of Correspondence Between David Gregory and John Collins
92-93	Letter from John Collins to 'Mr Gregory'
94	Letter from James Gregory to John Collins
95-98	Copies of James Gregory's Papers in the Hand of John Collins
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The Macclesfield Collection

Title	Draft of a Letter from Edmund Halley to Abraham Sharp
Reference	MS Add.9597/13/6/90
Creator	Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742, astronomer
Covering Dates	1705–23 April 1705 (Draft undated - this is the date of the final version of the letter.)
Extent and Medium	f.1 [folio]; paper

Content and context

In Life and Correspondence of Abraham Sharp, William Cudworth (London, 1889), p.33, there is a facsimile of variant version of this letter.

Further information

Correspondence and Papers of Edmond Halley, Eugene Fairfield MacPike (Oxford, 1932), pp.123-124.

Life and Correspondence of Abraham Sharp, William Cudworth (London, 1889), p.33.

Index Terms

Halley, Edmond (1656-1742) astronomer

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