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Letter, from Adam Martindale to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Rotheston in Cheshire

Reference number: EL/M1/65

Date: 02 December 1670

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That an account of the saltworks by Marburies had been sent; account of the types of soil in Cheshire - details about agricultural practices, brewing ('bread ales') and cheese-making in the county

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EL/M1/65
Earliest possible date
02 December 1670
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Adam Martindale

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Adam Martindale, Letter, from Adam Martindale to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Rotheston in Cheshire, 02 December 1670, EL/M1/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_65/letter-from-adam-martindale-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-rotheston-in-cheshire, accessed on 02 December 2024

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