Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – November 6, 1707
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Date: November 6, 1707 Author: Charles Preston Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041 Folio: ff. 56-57
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British Library, London
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November 6, 1707
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Edr [Edinburgh]
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Dr Fountain
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Preston recommends the bearer, Dr Fountain. Preston was a physician and botanist who established a lengthy correspondence with Sloane, exchanging plants, seeds, books and information. His main interest was in botany, and was well-known by his contemporaries for his botanical knowledge (Anita Guerrini, Preston, Charles (16601711), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47084, accessed 1 June 2011]).
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