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Letter, from Paul Rycaut to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Deale

Reference number: EL/R1/20

Date: 16 February 1667

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Concerns removing stones from the Dead Sea and that some will be sent to the Royal Society; that Rycaut will send descriptions of antiquities and paintings from 'Easterne parts of the world'

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EL/R1/20
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16 February 1667
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Paul Rycaut

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Paul Rycaut, Letter, from Paul Rycaut to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Deale, 16 February 1667, EL/R1/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r1_20/letter-from-paul-rycaut-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-deale, accessed on 11 February 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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