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Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/L5/64

Date: 19 December 1673

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Signed autograph
Concerning his difference of opinion with Nehemiah Grew; states that he is unable to send a paper on snails
Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 10, p 411

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EL/L5/64
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19 December 1673
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Martin Lister

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Martin Lister, Martin Lister, Letter, from Martin Lister to Henry Oldenburg, 19 December 1673, EL/L5/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_64/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 16 January 2026

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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