Letter, from Edward Digges to Dudley Palmer

Reference number: EL/D1/1

Date: 29 September 1663

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Observations of silk-worms from Virginia
Digges sends a small parcel of silk
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 2, p 26
Read to the Royal Society on 30 September 1663

Reference number: EL/D1/1
Earliest possible date: 29 September 1663
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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Edward Digges

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Edward Digges, Letter, from Edward Digges to Dudley Palmer, 29 September 1663, EL/D1/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d1_1/letter-from-edward-digges-to-dudley-palmer, accessed on 14 December 2025

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An extract of a letter, containing some observations, made in the ordering of silk-worms, communicated by that known vertuoso, Mr, Dudley Palmer, from the ingenuous Mr. Edward Digges External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 30th May 1665

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0017

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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 D1
1663-1735 Reference number: EL/D1

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