Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Moray, dated at London

Reference number: EL/OB/36a

Date: 28 September 1665

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Returns a copy of Huygens' letter; states that Moray's journey to Wales will be of use to the Society and would like to know about its husbandry practices, any curiosities and rarities, its mines and geography; discussing the plague; concerning protection of seamen going to Virginia

Reference number: EL/OB/36a
Earliest possible date: 28 September 1665
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Robert Moray, dated at London, 28 September 1665, EL/OB/36a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_ob_36a/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-robert-moray-dated-at-london, accessed on 14 October 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 OB (Oldenburg and Beale)
1657-1682 Reference number: EL/OB

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Robert Moray
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Henry Oldenburg
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