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

Reference number: EL/F1/6

Date: 10 April 1667

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Signed autograph
Concerning a certain man who ate toads; observations of a hail storm along the Suffolk coast; observations of a pot filled with Roman coins discovered at Ixworth near Bury; concerning a boy who had many stones removed from his body

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EL/F1/6
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10 April 1667
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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, 10 April 1667, EL/F1/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_6/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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