Letter 0986

Arthur Charlett to Hans Sloane – March 5, 1704/05


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Date: March 5, 1704/05
Author: Arthur Charlett
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 12



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Charlett thanks Sloane for his favours. Mr Halley has restored one of Apollonius’ famous works. Only the Arabic needs to be revised and then it can be printed. 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 1 June 2011]).




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