| RefNo | EL/B1/47 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from William Oakes to John Beale |
| Creator | Oakes; William (fl 1664) |
| Date | 13 October 1664 |
| Description | Autograph letter concerning husbandry practices in Somerset, particularly about growing wheat, and about maintaining meadows and pastures
Beale has added a note for Henry Oldenburg stating that Oakes's letter compares husbandry in Somerset with Dr Smith's account |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Copied into LBO/27/438
Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, pp 255-257
See EL/B1/49 for an account about husbandry in Devonshire |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/fb7beae0-3b09-4679-9476-95502ecde0bc |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3355 | Beale; John (c 1608 - c1683); clergyman and writer | c 1608 - c1683 |