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

Reference number: EL/L5/74

Date: 27 June 1675

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Signed autograph
Sends an extract of a letter from Thomas Townes about his experiences in Barbados: about wine; the climate; vegetation; the indigenous population
Copy by Henry Oldenburg is EL/L5/75

Read to the Royal Society on 1 July 1675
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 10, no 117, p 399

Reference number
EL/L5/74
Earliest possible date
27 June 1675
Page extent
3 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, 27 June 1675, EL/L5/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_74/letter-from-martin-lister-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-york, accessed on 03 December 2024

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