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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane

Reference number: EL/L2/54

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Signed autograph

Reference number
EL/L2/54
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript
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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Letter, from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Hans Sloane, EL/L2/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l2_54/letter-from-antoni-van-leeuwenhoek-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 14 March 2026

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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