Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York
Reference number: EL/L5/51
Date: 01 January 1672
Description
Signed autograph
Wishes to revise a paper he has sent to the Royal Society and to prevent a letter being read at the meeting before this is done; states that he has difficulties in interpreting results from observations
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', edited and translated by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 9, p 377
- Reference number
- EL/L5/51
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1672
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
- Also available on Early Modern Letters Online
- View
Use this record
Export this record
Citation
Martin Lister, Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York, 01 January 1672, EL/L5/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_51/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 09 December 2025
Link to this record
https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_51/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york
Embed this record
<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/el_l5_51/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york" title="Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, dated at York" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>
Hierarchy
This item is part of:
-
'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
Related Fellows
-
Henry Oldenburg
Recipient -
Martin Lister
Author
Map
Explore the collection
-
Early Letters
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
View collection