Letter, from William Oakes to John Beale
Reference number: EL/B1/47
Date: 13 October 1664
Description
Autograph letter concerning husbandry practices in Somerset, particularly about growing wheat, and about maintaining meadows and pastures
Beale has added a note for Henry Oldenburg stating that Oakes's letter compares husbandry in Somerset with Dr Smith's account
- Reference number
- EL/B1/47
- Earliest possible date
- 13 October 1664
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator name
William Oakes
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William Oakes, Letter, from William Oakes to John Beale, 13 October 1664, EL/B1/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_47/letter-from-william-oakes-to-john-beale, accessed on 23 April 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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John Beale
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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