Nathaniel Bowditch letter : to Jared Sparks, 1824 Jan. 3.

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Nathaniel Bowditch letter : to Jared Sparks, 1824 Jan. 3.

1824

https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/2095327

Bowditch recommends Prof. Farrar to write a paper about an observatory for a journal. In a postscript, he mentions that Farrar has just visited and has recommended that Zach's paper be translated and printed immediately in the Bates [?] Journal.

2 p. on 1 leaf.

eng, Latn

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838

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