Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Mr [John] Winthrop

Reference number: EL/O2/49

Date: 11 April 1671

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Thanks for the parcel of curiosities from New England and discusses the shell fish called Horse-foot; concerning the 'overturned hill' and believes it was strange that there was no earthquake; wishes for a history of New England; lists the recently published books that he sends

Reference number: EL/O2/49
Earliest possible date: 11 April 1671
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Mr [John] Winthrop, 11 April 1671, EL/O2/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o2_49/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-mr-john-winthrop, accessed on 14 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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John Winthrop
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Henry Oldenburg
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