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Letter, from Israel Tonge to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/T/34

Date: 15 March 1669

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Concerning Mr W[illoughby]'s observations of aspe, maple, sycamore, walnut, birch and mulberry which had been published in 'Philosophical Transactions'; that he had sent the sap from these trees to the Society and gives instructions about how to preserve them

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EL/T/34
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15 March 1669
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Israel Tonge

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Israel Tonge, Letter, from Israel Tonge to Henry Oldenburg, 15 March 1669, EL/T/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_34/letter-from-israel-tonge-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 20 January 2026

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    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.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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