Record

Reference numberLBO/1/26
Alternative reference numberLBO/1/67
LevelFile
TitleCopy letter from Robert Moray, Whitehall, to Philip Vernatti in Java
Date24 November 1662
DescriptionLetter written 'by order of the Royal Society'
Refers to his friendship with Sir Philip Vernatti's uncle, and requests his assistance in providing iinformation relating to the enquiries sent to him 'collected out of several authors' on behalf of the Society Also asks if items can be transported to the Society, they should be, and expenditure recompensed.
[Note in margin 'These Inquiries are entred in the Register book of the Society']
Request samples to be returned to the Society 'be it Animals, Vegetables, Stones, Minerals, and other things'
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
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