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June 7, 1684 |
Francis Aston wrote Letter L-148 to Leeuwenhoek to thank him for his letter with observations of the lens of the eye, which was read to the Royal Society and was well-received by them |
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July 24, 1684 |
Daniel van Gaesbeeck wrote Letter L-149 about why he was publishing more of Leeuwenhoek's “mutilated”, “mistranslated”, and “misunderstood” letters |
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September 15, 1684 |
Francis Aston wrote Letter L-151 to Leeuwenhoek that Letter L-150 had not been read by the Royal Society |
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January 20, 1685 |
Francis Aston wrote Letter L-153 to inform Leeuwenhoek that his recent letter about wine was favorably received at the Royal Society |
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February 13, 1685 |
Thomas Molyneaux wrote Letter L-155 of 1685-02-13 to Francis Aston about his visit to Leeuwenhoek's house |
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February 19, 1685 |
Francis Aston wrote Letter L-156 to inform Leeuwenhoek that his Letter L-154 about salts was received but had not been read to the Society |
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June 27, 1685 |
Francis Aston wrote Letter L-158 of 1685-06-27 to pass along the recommendation by John Hoskyns that Leeuwenhoek examine silkworm eggs |
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August 3, 1685 |
Anthonie Heinsius wrote Letter L-160 to Leeuwenhoek about Robert Boyle's reaction to the letter about cochineal |
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August 9, 1685 |
Francis Aston wrote Letter L-161 of some time between August and October 1685 to inform Leeuwenhoek that Letter L-159 had been received but not yet read |
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August 31, 1685 |
Anthonie Heinsius wrote Letter L-163 of 1685-08-31 about Boyle's idea about the origin of cochineal |
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October 2, 1685 |
Karel von Hessen-Kassel wrote Letter L-165 to thank Leeuwenhoek for the visit to his house |
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March 12, 1686 |
Edmond Halley wrote Letter L-170, known only by reference in Letter L-176 |
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March 15, 1686 |
A Prussian doctor wrote Letter L-171 of sometime after 1686-03-15 to request a visit, enclosing pieces of amber |
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December 1, 1686 |
Edmond Halley wrote Letter L-183 to Leeuwenhoek on behalf of the Royal Society, now lost |
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February 24, 1687 |
Edmond Halley wrote Letter L-184 to Leeuwenhoek on behalf of the Royal Society, assuring him that the portraits he sent are received, wondering why he has not sent any observations recently, and enclosing recent numbers of Philosophical Transactions |
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May 27, 1691 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-209 of 1691-05-27 to Leeuwenhoek about book news and Leibniz's reaction to some of Leeuwenhoek's observations |
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September 21, 1691 |
William Stanley wrote Letter L-211 of 1691-09-21 to Leeuwenhoek, a courtesy letter |
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May 1, 1695 |
Pieter Rabus wrote Letter L-250 to Leeuwenhoek, a "pleasant" letter now lost |
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May 1, 1695 |
Frederick Adriaan van Reede wrote Letter L-249 sometime in early May 1695 that he was pleased with Leeuwenhoek’s observations about the apple-blossom weevil and black flies on apple tree blossoms |
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May 2, 1695 |
Maarten Etienne van Velden wrote Letter L-252 to Leeuwenhoek about two printed works and a box of flies |
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May 30, 1695 |
Maarten Etienne van Velden wrote Letter L-256 about his dissatisfaction with Leeuwenhoek's views on spontaneous generation in Letter L-255 |
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June 1, 1695 |
Frederick Adriaan van Reede wrote Letter L-257 sometime in June 1695 that he was pleased with Leeuwenhoek’s further observations about garden pests |
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June 21, 1695 |
Pieter Rabus wrote Letter L-258 asking for Leeuwenhoek’s comments on a letter he had received about caterpillars that were growing in a woman’s ears |
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July 1, 1695 |
A doctor from Zeeland, Angelus van Wijkhuysen, wrote Letter L-259 to request Leeuwenhoek's opinion on the origin of flies from a dead caterpillar |
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September 1, 1695 |
A certain gentleman, Angelus van Wijkhuysen, wrote Letter L-269 before September 1695 to inform Leeuwenhoek about mussel gatherers and a minister who believed that mussels are formed by spontaneous generation |
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October 12, 1695 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-272 of 1695-10-12 to thank Leeuwenhoek for dedicating Arcana Natura Detecta to him and to report on several recent books written in Latin and Italian by Italians that he thought might be of interest |
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October 14, 1695 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-273 to praise Leeuwenhoek |
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October 23, 1695 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-275 of 1695-10-23 to Leeuwenhoek about recent books in Latin and Italian by Italians that he thought might be of interest |
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November 1, 1695 |
His Excellency Mr.... wrote Letter L-278 of sometime before November 1695 on the day he left Düsseldorf, a lost letter |
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November 5, 1695 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-280 to again praise Leeuwenhoek |
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February 17, 1696 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-284 of 17 February 1696 on behalf of the Royal Society to encourage Leeuwenhoek |
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March 6, 1696 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-286 to Leeuwenhoek, reporting that he finally received the copies of Arcana Naturae Detecta, one for Grand Duke Cosima III |
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July 1, 1696 |
Nicolaas Witsen wrote Letter L-291 of sometime before July 1696 to Leeuwenhoek about an enclosed mineral, map, and letter |
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August 23, 1696 |
Frederick Adriaan van Reede wrote Letter L-299 of 1696-08-23, a "welcome letter" |
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December 18, 1696 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-310 to Leeuwenhoek with reports on several recent books that he thought might be of interest written in Latin by Italians |
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December 18, 1696 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-311 of 1696-12-18, as instructed by the Royal Society |
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February 4, 1697 |
Maarten Etienne van Velden wrote Letter L-313 to Leeuwenhoek about receiving Sesde Vervolg der Brieven |
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April 1, 1697 |
Pieter vander Slaart wrote Letter L-317 some months before April 1697 about visiting Leeuwenhoek with a German doctor |
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May 1, 1697 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-319 in spring 1697 with a booklet by Dr. Scaramucci about elephant bones found in Saxony |
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May 17, 1697 |
John Harwood wrote Letter L-321 of 1697-05-17 to Leeuwenhoek about enclosed issues of Philosophical Transactions |
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June 1, 1697 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-322 with more news of recently published books in Italian and Latin by Italians; sent gift book to Leeuwenhoek |
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August 18, 1697 |
Jan van Leeuwen wrote Letter L-327 of 1697-08-18 to Leeuwenhoek, sending a box of straw and wheat ears said to have been ruined by honey-dew falling from the sky |
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January 10, 1698 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-332 to Leeuwenhoek in early 1698 with reports on several recent books that he thought might be of interest written by Italians and a German |
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January 15, 1698 |
Johan Arnoldi wrote Letter L-333 to Leeuwenhoek about problems delivering Magliabechi's gift book |
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March 1, 1698 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-337 to honor Leeuwenhoek with a poem in praise of great erudition |
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March 21, 1698 |
Govert Bidloo wrote Letter L-338 to Leeuwenhoek about little animals in sheep's livers |
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June 1, 1698 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-344 to Leeuwenhoek with reports on several recent books that he thought might be of interest written in Latin and Italian by Italians |
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June 9, 1698 |
Robert Hooke wrote Letter L-345 of 1698-06-09 to Leeuwenhoek recent letters and sending copies of Leeuwenhoek’s missing numbers of Philosophical Transactions; he encourages Leeuwenhoek’s continuing research |
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February 1, 1699 |
Johan Arnoldi wrote Letter L-351 to Leeuwenhoek about the pistolet that he was returning |
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September 8, 1699 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-359 to Leeuwenhoek with reports on several recent books written in Latin by Italians that he thought might be of interest |
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July 15, 1700 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-374 to Leeuwenhoek about the three living larvae that he was sending |
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November 29, 1700 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-379 of 1700-11-29 to Leeuwenhoek about the reception of his recent letters at the Royal Society |
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April 24, 1701 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-387 of 1701-04-24 to Leeuwenhoek to introduce him to his new translator, John Chamberlayne |
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November 15, 1701 |
John Somers wrote Letter L-395 of 15 November 1701 to Leeuwenhoek about the bequest of 26 magnifying glasses and accepting Leeuwenhoek's unverified observations as "matters of fact" |
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April 1, 1702 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-402 of sometime before April 1702 to introduce James Vernon when he visited Leeuwenhoek |
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September 12, 1702 |
John Chamberlayne wrote Letter L-406 to Leeuwenhoek about a friend’s dental problems as well as his dental hygiene practices, enclosing one of the teeth that fell out of his friend’s mouth |
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November 1, 1703 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-411 sometime before November 1703 as a cover letter for the book on Peruvian silver mines and some numbers of Philosophical Transactions |
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February 7, 1704 |
Siewert Centen wrote Letter L-417 of 7 February 1704 to Leeuwenhoek about cochineal's origin in a plant, not an insect |
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March 1, 1704 |
Siewert Centen wrote Letter L-420 in late February or early March 1704 continuing to argue that his further observations contradict Leeuwenhoek's claim that cochineal comes from an insect |
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March 15, 1704 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-421 of sometime between March and July 1704 about sending a packet of Philosophical Transactions and encouraging further research |
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September 10, 1704 |
Pieter Hotton wrote Letter L-425 of sometime before 16 September 1704 to follow up on their discussion of how sap moves within plants by sending an Indian fig, two different kinds of aloes, and a plant called dragon’s blood |
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December 2, 1704 |
John Chamberlayne wrote Letter L-430 of 2 December 1704 about a dinner with an archbishop and bishop, who gave him an odd ash from a haystack fire that Sloane had enclosed with Letter L-429 |
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December 2, 1704 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-429 of 1704-12-02 to Leeuwenhoek as a cover letter for Letter L-430 and enclosing a piece of ash from a haystack fire |
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February 13, 1705 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-432 of 13 February 1705 about recent letters and the Royal Society's good wishes |
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March 10, 1705 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-435 to Leeuwenhoek in early 1705 about reactions in Florence and Rome to his experiments with silver and diamonds |
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November 10, 1705 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-440 of 10 November 1705 about recent letters |
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February 1, 1706 |
Francesco Corner wrote Letter L-443 to thank Leeuwenhoek for Letter L-441 about pearls |
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March 12, 1706 |
Govert Bidloo wrote Letter L-445 of 12 March 1706 as a cover letter for a recently published dissertation on the formation of chyle in the intestines |
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March 31, 1707 |
John Chamberlayne wrote Letter L-450 to inquire about Leeuwenhoek's health |
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May 4, 1707 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-451 to Leeuwenhoek about not having received letters from him and to introduce visitor Gilbert Burnet |
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June 3, 1707 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-453 on behalf of the Royal Society about recent letters and numbers of Philosophical Transactions |
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July 15, 1707 |
Angelus van Wikhuysen wrote Letter L-456 of 15 July 1707 in defense of using cinchona bark as medicine |
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November 4, 1707 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-460 of 4 November 1707 on behalf of the Royal Society about recent letters and as cover for an enclosure of a "hairy substance" |
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July 10, 1708 |
Antonio Magliabechi wrote Letter L-465 to Leeuwenhoek with reports on several recent books that he thought might be of interest |
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August 1, 1708 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-466 of sometime before 28 August 1708 on behalf of the Royal Society that recent letters have been received with pleasure and read to the attentive members |
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August 13, 1709 |
John Chamberlayne wrote Letter L-469 to Leeuwenhoek to ask again about razors and the effects of cold weather on their performance |
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December 1, 1709 |
Hans Sloane wrote Letter L-473 to introduce a visitor, Alexander Stuart, as a curious world traveler |
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August 2, 1711 |
James Petiver wrote Letter L-478 of 2 August 1711 to Leeuwenhoek to complain about what happened when he tried to visit |
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October 1, 1713 |
Antoni Cink wrote Letter L-498 of sometime in October 1713 to ask Leeuwenhoek to examine sage leaves |
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March 8, 1714 |
Richard Waller wrote Letter L-503 to Leeuwenhoek on behalf of the Royal Society about recent observations on muscle fibers and numbers of Philosophical Transactions |
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July 27, 1714 |
Richard Waller wrote Letter L-506 about Letter L-504 and promised to publish whatever Leeuwenhoek sent |
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February 28, 1715 |
Anthonie Heinsius wrote Letter L-515 of 1715-02-28 to thank Leeuwenhoek for the letters sent by him over the years and expects that posterity will be grateful for what he has discovered |
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July 2, 1715 |
Antoni Cink wrote Letter L-517 of 2 July 1715 to Leeuwenhoek about his colleagues' reaction to Letter L-516 about muscle fibers |
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May 1, 1716 |
Cornelis Spiering wrote Letter L-529 in May 1716 to Leeuwenhoek about an accident in which a large carp from his pond died; encloses some scales |
