Letter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Underwood

Reference number: EL/C1/19

Date: 22 February 1668

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Autograph letter
Colepresse thanks the Royal Society for his letter of recommendation to gain easier admittance to libraries abroad and says that he will pass on any facts worthy of the Royal Society's attention
Read at the Royal Society on 27 February 1668

Reference number: EL/C1/19
Earliest possible date: 22 February 1668
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Samuel Colepresse

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Samuel Colepresse, Letter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Underwood, 22 February 1668, EL/C1/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_19/letter-from-samuel-colepresse-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-underwood, accessed on 15 November 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters C1
1663-1701 Reference number: EL/C1

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