Letter 0661

Godfrey Copley to Hans Sloane – December 30, 1700


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Date: December 30, 1700
Author: Godfrey Copley
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 115-116



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Copley has not asked his Lord the questions Sloane forwarded to help Copley find a suitable governor. Copley states that he believes his Lord’s last governor was a military man. He relays the dates that he will be in town and hopes to meet with Sloane. He is glad Mr Halley has returned home. Sir Godfrey Copley was a politician and active member of the Royal Society. He was elected a Fellow of the latter in 1691 (C. I. McGrath, Copley, Sir Godfrey, second baronet (c.16531709), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6269, accessed 24 June 2013]).




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