Provenance
Acquired from Sotheby's, October 1980.
Preferred citation
Cite as: John Dovaston Astronomical Notebook, American Philosophical Society.
Processing information
Recatalogued by rsc, 2003.
General physical description
1 vol., 131p.
Bibliography
Edell, Stephen, "An 18th Century Yeoman-polymath and a Pair of Manuscript Globes 'intended for the wife of his son'," Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society 65 (2000): 10-13. Mentions globes signed 'John Dovaston fecit c. 1786'.
Early American History Note
This manuscript collection falls outside the geographic scope of the Early American guide (British North America and the United States before 1840). It may be of interest to scholars interested in global history, international relations, imperialism, or the U.S. in the world.
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