| Reference number | NLB/67/605 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/67 p325 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [John Farquhar] Fulton Esq.; Bradmore Road, Oxford |
| Date | 26 January 1925 |
| Description | Informs [John Farquhar] Fulton that the Royal Society will be disappointed if the bid for Eliot's [Massachusetts American Indian] translation of the Bible ['Mamusse Wunneetupanatamwe Up-Biblum God' / the Algonquian Bible] and Baxter's 'Call to the Unconverted' does not exceed £150, and that the books were not originally sent by Eliot to [Robert] Boyle but presented to the Royal Society by Governor [of Connecticut, John] Winthrop (FRS) in 1669. Also discusses the 300th anniversary of Boyle's birth. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7404 | Winthrop; John (1606 - 1676); colonial governor and physician | 1606 - 1676 |
| NA8137 | Boyle; Robert (1627 - 1691); natural philosopher and chemist | 1627 - 1691 |