Letter 0570

Chartett has written Pepys a letter that he hopes to show to Sloane. Mr Wells sends Sloane his thanks for helping with the maps. Charlett discusses woodcuts to be used in the Euclid translation. He relates how well Dr Bernard’s book has been selling. Charlett sends thanks from two of his professors for Sloane’s Royal Society work on measurements. Charlett was elected Master of University College at Oxford in 1692 and held that post until his death in 1722. Charlett used the mastership to gain influence, especially through persistent letter-writing to numerous correspondents, sharing the latest literary, political, and scholarly gossip (R. H. Darwall-Smith, Charlett, Arthur (16551722), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5158, accessed 18 June 2013]).