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Letter, from John Newburg to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/N1/6

Date: 25 January 1671

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Concerning work on the nature and profit of silkworms and will return a book about silkworms soon
Note reads: 'Not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'

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EL/N1/6
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25 January 1671
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1 page
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Manuscript
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John Newburgh

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John Newburgh, John Newburgh, Letter, from John Newburg to Henry Oldenburg, 25 January 1671, EL/N1/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_6/letter-from-john-newburg-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 23 June 2025

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