Letter 1006

Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – September 2, 1705


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Date: September 2, 1705
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 62



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Preston sends some natural curiosities. He recommends the bearer, Dr Sandilands, who intends to study anatomy. Preston was a physician and botanist who established a lengthy correspondence with Sloane, exchanging plants, seeds, books and information. His main interest was in botany, and was well-known by his contemporaries for his botanical knowledge (Anita Guerrini, Preston, Charles (16601711), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47084, accessed 1 June 2011]).




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