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Letter, from Samuel Sorbiere to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/S1/9

Date: 15 December 1663

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Concerning an accusation that Sorbiere had presented himself as a deputy to the Royal Society when he visited London

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EL/S1/9
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15 December 1663
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Samuel Sorbiere

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Samuel Sorbiere, Letter, from Samuel Sorbiere to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris, 15 December 1663, EL/S1/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_9/letter-from-samuel-sorbiere-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-paris, accessed on 24 March 2025

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