Letter 3958

James Fraser to James Pettiver – Jary 28 17'


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Date: Jary 28 17'
Author: James Fraser
Recipient: James Pettiver

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4066
Folio: f. 344



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Mr James Petiver Sir I was this Day at the naggs head expecting to see you; for the better accomplishment of yor expectations the Quires of Brown paper [wt?] vials for insects may come in tyme providing they be sent on Thursday first, should be glad to see you in order to Drink the health of yor Friends abroad, excuse the hurry of busi=ness on Departure, shall per=forme God willing, what may be hop’d by yor health & life allowing if there be any o yr Commds shall be very acceptable to thank you for yor Kind Sir Yor most humble servtt Ja Fraser Last # London Jary 28 17’

Fraser corresponds with Petiver regarding insects. James Fraser (1645-1731) was a book dealer with a formidable personal library (Brian Moffat, ‘Fraser, James (1645–1731)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/73233, accessed 11 May 2015]).




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