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, 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 14 December 2024
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Henry Oldenburg
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John Winthrop
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