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Copy of a letter, from Peter Smith to John Beale

Reference number: EL/S1/1

Date: 07 April 1656

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Details about husbandry by Smith in December 1651 and communicated to Henry Oldenburg by Beale in a letter dated 13 March 1663
Last page has an account of whitening linen cloth (original was dated 7 April 1656 communicated by Beale to Oldenburg in the same letter)

Reference number
EL/S1/1
Earliest possible date
07 April 1656
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Peter Smith

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Peter Smith, Copy of a letter, from Peter Smith to John Beale, 07 April 1656, EL/S1/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_1/copy-of-a-letter-from-peter-smith-to-john-beale, accessed on 18 January 2025

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  • Early Letters

    Dates: 1613-1740

    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.

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