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Letter, from Nathaniel Fairfax to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Woodbridge

Reference number: EL/F1/20

Date: 04 February 1669

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Signed autograph
Observations of people who are lethargic, and an account (in Latin) of a woman who was a hermaphrodite

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EL/F1/20
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04 February 1669
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Nathaniel Fairfax

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Nathaniel Fairfax, Letter, from Nathaniel Fairfax to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Woodbridge, 04 February 1669, EL/F1/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_20/letter-from-nathaniel-fairfax-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-woodbridge, accessed on 14 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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