| RefNo | EL/M3/48 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Monsieur [René Antoine Ferchault] de Reaumur to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris |
| Creator | Raumur; Ren Antoine Ferchault de (1683-1757); naturalist |
| Date | 1738 |
| Description | Original was in French and dated 3 December 1738
Thanks for being elected to the Fellowship and sends a copy of the fourth volume of his work on insects to present to the Society
Attached to this letter is an annotated page from 'The Pennsylvania Gazette' dated 1732 with a piece about making 'shallow fresh Rivers navigable for Skows, Flats, Barges, and such like Vessels'. (See EL/M3/40 a letter by Joseph Morgan about this)
'Pennsylvania Gazette' edited by Benjamin Franklin |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/abd8633f-abf3-44e3-a72a-71f9c8479408 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |
| NA6798 | Reaumur; Rene-Antoine Ferchault de (1683 - 1757) | 1683 - 1757 |