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Letter, from John Winthrop [to the Royal Society], dated at Boston

Reference number: EL/W3/24

Date: 11 October 1670

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Concerning the extraordinary moving of a hill near the river Kenebunk in Maine
Read to the Royal Society on 23 March 1670

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EL/W3/24
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11 October 1670
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Winthrop

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John Winthrop, John Winthrop, Letter, from John Winthrop [to the Royal Society], dated at Boston, 11 October 1670, EL/W3/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_24/letter-from-john-winthrop-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-boston, accessed on 15 July 2026

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