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Translation of a letter, from Christian Wolff to William Rutty

Reference number: EL/W3/149

Date: 01 January 1731

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Original dated 26 May 1731
Concerns sending books ('Ontologia' and 'Cosmologia') for the Royal Society's library and for Rutty (these works can be consulted in the Royal Society Library).
Read to the Royal Society on 8 October 1731

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EL/W3/149
Earliest possible date
01 January 1731
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Christian Wolff

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Christian Wolff, Translation of a letter, from Christian Wolff to William Rutty, 01 January 1731, EL/W3/149, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_149/translation-of-a-letter-from-christian-wolff-to-william-rutty, accessed on 08 February 2025

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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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