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RefNoLBO/2/47
AltRefNoLBO/2/133
LevelFile
TitleCopy of a letter from Henry Oldenburg to Paul Ricaut, Smyrna
Date30 January 1668
DescriptionDated 30 January 1667/1668
Requesting him as Consul at Smyrna to pursue several inquiries, including Eclipses of the Moon. Also news of the possible building of a college, on land presented by the Honourable Henry Howard of Norfolk, on a piece of ground in Arundel House, intending to raise it this spring.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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