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RefNoEL/C1/17
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Plymouth
CreatorColepresse; Samuel (-1669)
Date7 January 1668
DescriptionAutograph letter
Colepresse sends some more samples of slate to the Royal Society and asks for a letter of recommendation so that admittance to libraries will be easier when he visits Holland
Read to the Royal Society on 16 January 1668
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originPlymouth, Devon, England
Origin coordinates50.37153, -4.14305
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBO/2/138
Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 4, p 151
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/02ed5de7-fe1b-4a6f-a069-e6fba9e2a586
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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