Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Mr [John] Winthrop in New England, dated at London

Reference number: EL/O2/26

Date: 26 March 1670

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Thanks for the curiosities sent from America to the Society (eg extraordinary fish, dwarf oaks); would like an account of the fish common to Winthrop's area; details the books that are going to be sent to him; asks him to send cranberries

Reference number: EL/O2/26
Earliest possible date: 26 March 1670
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Mr [John] Winthrop in New England, dated at London, 26 March 1670, EL/O2/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_26/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-mr-john-winthrop-in-new-england-dated-at-london, accessed on 07 December 2024

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters O2
1669-1736 Reference number: EL/O2

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