Caleb Cotesworth to Hans Sloane – December 4, 1728
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Date: December 4, 1728 Author: Caleb Cotesworth Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050 Folio: ff. 13-14
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British Library, London
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Patronage, Social
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Employment, Hospital, Recommendations
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December 4, 1728
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London
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Cotesworth informs Sloane that he wants to resign from his position at St Thomas’ Hospital. He requests that Sloane help Dr Edward Wilmot take up the post. Caleb Cotesworth (d. 1741) was Physician to St Thomas’ Hospital. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1718. Cotesworth left a fortune of £100,000 and £200,000 at his death (https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27cotesworth%27%29).
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