Letter 2949

Thomas Townsend to Hans Sloane – August 14, 1723


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Date: August 14, 1723
Author: Thomas Townsend
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: f. 33



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Townsend’s daughter Ann is supposed to visit Sloane in London for a medical consultation. He is having trouble parting with her, however, and she will be ’14 days longer’. Townsend would prefer that Sloane’s treatment be applied in Exeter so as to avoid travel altogether.




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