Letter 1243

Peter Silvestre to Hans Sloane – March 30, 1699


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Date: March 30, 1699
Author: Peter Silvestre
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 239-240



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Silvestre has not been able to find the books Sloane asked him to look for, but hopes to locate them in Brussels. He mentions the founding of the Academie des sciences and explains why Lister was not named a foreign member. He also mentions a surgery recently observed and sends greetings on behalf of several people to a variety of others. Peter Silvestre (d. 1718) was a Fellow of the Royal Society and co-editor of Saint-Evremond’s works (Elizabeth Grist, ‘Rainbow Coffee House group (act. 1702–1730)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/94590, accessed 14 June 2011]).




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