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Letter, from John Winthrop to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Boston

Reference number: EL/W3/22

Date: 04 October 1669

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Concerning delivery of letters from New England; sends some small oaks and then gives an account about them; he also sends a pail made of birch, some Indian [sic] money, and winter wheat
Read to the Royal Society on 10 February 1669

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EL/W3/22
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04 October 1669
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3 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 Boston, 04 October 1669, EL/W3/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_22/letter-from-john-winthrop-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-boston, accessed on 14 September 2024

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