Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Richard Norwood, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O1/35
Date: 24 October 1666
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About the foundation of the Royal Society and inviting Norwood to be a correspondent to increase knowledge about the natural history of Bermuda; encloses two volumes of 'Philosophical Transactions'; wishes him to send his maps of America to the Society's repository
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- EL/O1/35
- Earliest possible date
- 24 October 1666
- Page extent
- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Richard Norwood, dated at London, 24 October 1666, EL/O1/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_35/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-richard-norwood-dated-at-london, accessed on 12 February 2025
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