Letter 1903

Brun to Hans Sloane – July 16, 1713


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Date: July 16, 1713
Author: Brun
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 162-163



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Brun thanks Sloane for receiving him while he was in London and the many discoveries he helped him make. He relays some of the memorable events that took place during his stay. Monsieur Nissole, the Director of the Jardin des Plantes in Montpellier, is going to start collecting specimens for a book on the region’s flora. Brun was a Professor of Medicine at Avignon.




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