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Letter, from John Winthrop to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Hartford, New England

Reference number: EL/W3/21

Date: 12 November 1668

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Concerning the non-delivery of letters to New England because of bad weather; concerning mines in North America and experiments in salt-works; concerning maize and a new way of making tar; discussing telescopes

Account of a fire at a farm-house at Farmington (plantation near Hartford in Connecticut) with discussion of the houses and thatch, and a discussion of seaweed as manure for apple trees. Account is inserted within this letter.

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EL/W3/21
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12 November 1668
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10 pages
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Manuscript
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John Winthrop

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John Winthrop, Letter, from John Winthrop to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Hartford, New England, 12 November 1668, EL/W3/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_21/letter-from-john-winthrop-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-hartford-new-england, accessed on 10 December 2024

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