Letter 0674

Thomas Hyde to Hans Sloane – March 25, 1701


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Date: March 25, 1701
Author: Thomas Hyde
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 148



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Hyde writes regarding the books Sloane mentioned to Charlett. He asks Sloane to make sure that he is paid for them. Hyde was the librarian of the Bodleian Library from 1665 to 1701. He possessed excellent linguistic skills in eastern languages, especially ancient Persian and Arabic (P. J. Marshall, Hyde, Thomas (16361703), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14336, accessed 19 June 2013]).




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