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Letter, from Philip Skippon to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/S1/29

Date: 16 February 1669

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Concerning an account of snails being sent to the Society
Read to the Royal Society on 18 February 1668

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EL/S1/29
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16 February 1669
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1 page
Format
Manuscript
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Philip Skippon

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Philip Skippon, Letter, from Philip Skippon to Henry Oldenburg, 16 February 1669, EL/S1/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_29/letter-from-philip-skippon-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 16 September 2024

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    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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