Letter, from John Locke to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Exeter house
Reference number: EL/L5/90
Date: 20 May 1675
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Signed autograph
Observations of poisonous fish in the Bahamas from a report he had recently received
Read to the Royal Society on 27 May 1675
- Reference number
- EL/L5/90
- Earliest possible date
- 20 May 1675
- Page extent
- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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John Locke, John Locke, Letter, from John Locke to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Exeter house, 20 May 1675, EL/L5/90, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_90/letter-from-john-locke-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-exeter-house, accessed on 11 May 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Henry Oldenburg
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John Locke
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