Henry Oldenburg wrote Letter L-055 to Leeuwenhoek relaying the compliments of the members of the Royal Society

Date: 
April 20, 1677

Oldenburg wrote this letter on April 10 O.S., April 20 in Delft. It is known only by reference in Leeuwenhoek’s reply, Letter L-056 of 14 May 1677.

This letter is calendared as Letter 3088 in Hall and Hall, The Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg, vol. XIII, July 1676 – July 1681, p. 239.

Oldenburg’s previous letter to Leeuwenhoek is Letter L-053 of 4 March 1677. Leeuwenhoek’s next letter, Letter L-054 of 23 March 1677 responds to earlier letters of February and March; he never replies to the present letter. Oldenburg’s next and final letter to Leeuwenhoek before his death is Letter L-057 of 7 August 1677.

Document: 

Letter 32 [20] L-056 of 14 May 1677 to Henry Oldenburg

Yours very pleasant of the 10th did reach me wherein I saw the courtesy of yourself and the philosophers for which I thank you by these present.

Sources
Year Author Title
1965 – 1986 Hall, A. R. and M. B. Hall (eds.) Correspondence of Henry Oldenburg