Letter, from John Winthrop to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Boston
Reference number: EL/W3/26
Date: 26 October 1670
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Account of stellar fish and other shellfish; sending Indian [sic] corn, hummingbird, silk grass and cranberries to the Royal Society
- Reference number
- EL/W3/26
- Earliest possible date
- 26 October 1670
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Winthrop, John Winthrop, Letter, from John Winthrop to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Boston, 26 October 1670, EL/W3/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_26/letter-from-john-winthrop-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-boston, accessed on 18 April 2026
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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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