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Translation of a letter, from Herman Boerhaave to Job Baster, dated at Leyden

Reference number: EL/B3/53

Date: 12 February 1738

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Boerhaave states that he is pleased that Baster has been accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Society
Original letter was in Latin

Reference number
EL/B3/53
Earliest possible date
12 February 1738
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Herman Boerhaave

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Herman Boerhaave, Translation of a letter, from Herman Boerhaave to Job Baster, dated at Leyden, 12 February 1738, EL/B3/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_53/translation-of-a-letter-from-herman-boerhaave-to-job-baster-dated-at-leyden, accessed on 23 March 2025

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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