Letter, from Cotton Mather to Richard Waller, dated at Boston
Reference number: EL/M2/33
Date: 29 November 1712
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Discussing how long it would take for the population of the world to double its number, with cases of longevity
- Reference number
- EL/M2/33
- Earliest possible date
- 29 November 1712
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- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Cotton Mather, Cotton Mather, Letter, from Cotton Mather to Richard Waller, dated at Boston, 29 November 1712, EL/M2/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_33/letter-from-cotton-mather-to-richard-waller-dated-at-boston, accessed on 19 June 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Richard Waller
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Cotton Mather
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