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

Reference number: EL/F1/21

Date: 30 April 1669

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Signed autograph
Observations of a Gilder rose; reiterating factors about the woman who voided a bullet in her urine (see EL/F1/18); states that his answers on sands, in reply to queries about husbandry, are not complete, but can be sent when, or if, required

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EL/F1/21
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30 April 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, 30 April 1669, EL/F1/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_21/letter-from-nathaniel-fairfax-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-woodbridge, accessed on 14 December 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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