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Letter, from Richard Stafford to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Bermuda

Reference number: EL/S1/106

Date: 16 July 1668

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Concerning Bermuda: the tides, whales, spiders' webs, vegetables and the longevity of its inhabitants

Read to the Royal Society on 22 October 1668

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EL/S1/106
Earliest possible date
16 July 1668
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Stafford

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Richard Stafford, Letter, from Richard Stafford to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Bermuda, 16 July 1668, EL/S1/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_106/letter-from-richard-stafford-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-bermuda, accessed on 10 September 2026

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