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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

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EL/L5/90
Earliest possible date
20 May 1675
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1 page
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Manuscript

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John Locke

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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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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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