Welcome to The Sloane Letters Project
A pilot of this project, Sir Hans Sloane’s Correspondence Online, was first launched at the University of Saskatchewan in 2010 to coincide with the 350th anniversary of Sir Hans Sloane’s birth. The project was renamed The Sloane Letters Project when it moved to this site in 2016.
The correspondence of Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) consists of thirty-eight volumes held at the British Library, London: MSS 4036-4069, 4075-4078. The letters are a rich source of information about topics such as scientific discourse, collections of antiquities, curiosities and books, patients’ illnesses, medical treatments and family history. Most of the letters were addressed to Sloane, but a few volumes were addressed to others (MSS 4063-4067) or written by Sloane (MSS 4068-4069).
So far, we have entered descriptions and metadata for Sloane MSS 4036-4053 and 4075, as well as several letters from each of the following: Sloane MSS 4054-4055, 4066, 4068-4069 and 4076. Several of these entries also include transcriptions. Further entries and transcriptions are being made available gradually.
Please, explore the website and database. You can search through the letters, learn about Sir Hans Sloane or the letters written to him, and peruse blog posts about interesting letters!
Random Letter
Author:Recipient:
Monseigneur
Je viens de recevoir l’honneur de la votre du 20 Avril & je n’ay pas manquè de remettre aussitost à M. ScheuchZer la Lettre, de le Catalogue, que j’y trouvais jointes & aura soin de prendre des mesures la dessus avec nos libraires & de vous donners tout les eclaircissemens necessaire. En attendant je prens la Libertè de vous envoyer ay joint la suite des Catalogues Menstruels. Monsieur Lollmann[?] qui est a la suite de Monsieur Pryntz[?], un des Plenipotentiaires en tirer[?] congrès de saissons vous remettra les nombres, qui precedaient ceux, que J’avais l’honneur de vous envoyer depuis quelque temps Ils font trois volumes un quarte ne vous trouverez tout ce qui a le “publié” icy depuis quelques années. Je ne scavais que vous felicites par avance sur un choix aussi digne que celuy, que l’Academie merite en faveur de Monsieur le Chanelier[?] de France vous ne peux pas mobliger plus que me donnent vos ordres sur des choses pour vostre service luy avant l’academie estant avec la plus a parfaire consideration, Monseigneur
Le 21. Avril. S.V. 1728
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