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RefNoEL/W3/25
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from John Winthrop to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Boston
CreatorWinthrop; John (1606-1676); colonial governor and physician; governor of Connecticut
Date11 October 1670
DescriptionConcerns sending a hummingbird with nest and eggs to the Royal Society; states that he will send some more cranberries for Oldenburg himself
Read to the Royal Society on 23 March 1670
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Origin coordinates42.35843, -71.05977
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', edited and translated by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, volume 7, page 201
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/9afe6ef8-c7dc-4dc5-8367-f504fcd43ed3
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA7404Winthrop; John (1606 - 1676); colonial governor and physician1606 - 1676
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