| Reference number | EL/B1/16 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy of a letter, from John Beale to Henry Oldenburg |
| Date | 12 December 1662 |
| Description | Beale mentions that his father had a productive orchard in Herefordshire; that Beale had tried to grow vines but the weather was too wet and he turned his wine into cider and perry; discussing his wine palate
The letter is endorsed by Oldenburg: 'Mr Beale's Letter to mee Dec. 12. 1662'
Subject: Horticulture/ Viticulture |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 1, pp 479-480 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/bc172b7a-d1d9-4811-8c6f-ad741a3534d6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3355 | Beale; John (c1608 - c1683); clergyman and writer | c1608 - c1683 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |