Letter 3622

William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon to Hans Sloane – June 9, 1729


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Date: June 9, 1729
Author: William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: f. 132



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[fol. 132] Sr Being inform’d that Mr. Sloane one of the Searchers at the Customs House is lately dead, I am desir’d to trouble you to know the truth of it I hope you will pardon this trouble from Sr Your very humble servant Wm: Clayton Treasury Chambr 9th June 1729

William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon (1671-1752) was a British politician. He was MP in Woodstock to 1722, St Albans to 1727, Westminster to1741, Plympton Erle to 1747, St Mawes to 1752, and served as Commissioner of the Treasury (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Clayton,_1st_Baron_Sundon).




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