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Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York

Reference number: EL/L5/41

Date: 11 November 1671

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Signed autograph
Gives thanks for being elected to the Fellowship; will be sending a specimen of black resin to the Royal Society
Read to the Royal Society on 16 November 1671
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, p 354

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EL/L5/41
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11 November 1671
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Martin Lister

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Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York, 11 November 1671, EL/L5/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_41/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 11 December 2024

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