Letter 4415

Edmund Meack to Hans Sloane – November 30, 1731


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Date: November 30, 1731
Author: Edmund Meack
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: f. 51



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Meack has been fined £50 for working as an apothecary without a license. He believed himself to be operating a legitimate practice and claims the authorities have misunderstood him. Meack explains the circumstances to Sloane. Edmund Meack was an apothecary.




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