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Creator
Barker, Thomas, 1722-1809
Call number
MssCol 6982
Physical description
0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
Preferred Citation
Thomas Barker letter, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Astronomer and author. Letter refers to Comet of 1680 (Newton's Comet), the Great Comet of 1744 and a comet that appeared in 1682 and returned in 1759.

Biographical/historical information

Astronomer and author.

Scope and arrangement

Letter refers to Comet of 1680 (Newton's Comet), the Great Comet of 1744 and a comet that appeared in 1682 and returned in 1759.

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Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328