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Letter, from Cave Beck to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/B1/137

Date: 15 August 1668

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Autograph letter with details about people who are described as 'witches'; concerning a 'spectre'on the river

Reference number
EL/B1/137
Earliest possible date
15 August 1668
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Cave Beck

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Cave Beck, Letter, from Cave Beck to Henry Oldenburg, 15 August 1668, EL/B1/137, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_137/letter-from-cave-beck-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 14 February 2026

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