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Sloane Catalogues and Databases
Adam Matthews Publication
Much of the Sloane correspondence is available on microfilm. The Adam Matthews guide also has a list of all the correspondents in the collection.
British Library Manuscripts Index
You can search for individual volumes (e.g. ‘Sloane MS 4038’) to look at the correspondents and order of letters in each volume.
British Museum Collections Database
Fancy a look at the 8695 objects at the British Museum that belonged to Sloane?
Enlightenment Architectures: Sir Hans Sloane’s Catalogues of his Collections
Exciting new project at the British Museum and University College London that aims to understand the structure of Sloane’s catalogues and collections.
Sloane Printed Books Catalogue, British Library
This project brings together the printed books that once belonged to Sloane, some of which were dispersed far beyond the British Library.
The Royal Society Library and Archives
Given Sloane’s longstanding participation in the Royal Society, particularly as Secretary and President, it is not surprising that he appears frequently in the Royal Society archives.
The Sloane Herbarium, Natural History Museum
You can explore the botanical specimens of Sloane’s herbarium, as well as learn about how they have been preserved.
Sloane’s Treasures, British Museum, British Library, and Natural History Museum
A project to explore the possibility of digitally reunify Sloane’s collections that are now held at the British Library, British Museum, and Natural History Museum.
Collectors and Correspondents
DigitalArk Project Blog
A project about seventeenth-century collectors, many of who overlap with the Sloane correspondence.
Early Modern Letters Online
A Cultures of Knowledge that aims to make the correspondence of the Republic of Letters more findable. There are letters by Sloane listed here, as well as many of his correspondents.
Écritures savantes au siècle des lumières
The correspondence of Jean-François Séguier, who visited Sloane’s museum and was an occasional correspondent.
The Linnean Correspondence
Letters addressed to and from Carl Linnaeus, which includes Sloane and some of his correspondents.
Wonderalp: Wonder and Science
The Alps and the Culture of Curiosity: an online exhibition about Johann Jakob Scheuchzer’s natural history investigations. He was a frequent correspondent of Sloane’s.
Blogs