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Letter, from Thomas Hill to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Lisbon

Reference number: EL/H3/5

Date: 23 July 1671

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Notification of a Jesuit living in Brazil who wishes to correspond with the Royal Society
Read to the Royal Society on 14 December 1671

Reference number
EL/H3/5
Earliest possible date
23 July 1671
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Thomas Hill

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Thomas Hill, Letter, from Thomas Hill to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Lisbon, 23 July 1671, EL/H3/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_5/letter-from-thomas-hill-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-lisbon, accessed on 14 January 2025

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