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Letter, from John Winthrop to Robert Moray, dated at Hartford, New England

Reference number: EL/W3/20

Date: 18 August 1668

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Concerning the tides around Nova Scotia; concerning a swarm of flies near the Connecticut river
Postscript has 20a in pencil

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EL/W3/20
Earliest possible date
18 August 1668
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Winthrop

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John Winthrop, Letter, from John Winthrop to Robert Moray, dated at Hartford, New England, 18 August 1668, EL/W3/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_20/letter-from-john-winthrop-to-robert-moray-dated-at-hartford-new-england, accessed on 11 December 2024

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