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Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby

Reference number: EL/F1/72

Date: 01 August 1671

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States that he sends his friend Mr Sargeant to wait for a reply to his last letter from the Royal Society; he would like to borrow the papers of the astronomers William Crabtree (d 1644) and William Gascoigne (d 1644), which are in the hands of Jonas More
Note reads: 'Not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'

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EL/F1/72
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01 August 1671
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1 page
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Manuscript

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John Flamsteed

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John Flamsteed, Letter, from John Flamsteed to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Derby, 01 August 1671, EL/F1/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f1_72/letter-from-john-flamsteed-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-derby, accessed on 03 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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