Letter, from Cotton Mather to John Woodward
Reference number: EL/M2/51
Date: 25 September 1724
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Discussing 'De Arte Combinatoria' and disbelief at its computation of different types of soils; discovery of a new type of black soil at Woodstock outside Boston which became white after a hedge planted in this soil caught fire
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- EL/M2/51
- Earliest possible date
- 25 September 1724
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Cotton Mather, Cotton Mather, Letter, from Cotton Mather to John Woodward, 25 September 1724, EL/M2/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_51/letter-from-cotton-mather-to-john-woodward, accessed on 19 May 2025
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John Woodward
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Cotton Mather
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