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Letter, from Walter Pope to John Wilkins, dated at Brussels

Reference number: EL/P1/45

Date: 13 January 1664

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Sent an account of quicksilver mines in Idria (see EL/P1/46); that he will be travelling to Paris

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EL/P1/45
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13 January 1664
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Walter Pope

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Walter Pope, Walter Pope, Letter, from Walter Pope to John Wilkins, dated at Brussels, 13 January 1664, EL/P1/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_45/letter-from-walter-pope-to-john-wilkins-dated-at-brussels, accessed on 16 January 2026

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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