Letter 1035

Margaret Ray to Hans Sloane – February 19, 1705/06


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Date: February 19, 1705/06
Author: Margaret Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 132



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Ray thanks Sloane for his kindness in the wake of her husband’s death. She has endured financial hardship as a result of his long sickness. She asks Sloane to offer her services to Mr Willoughby. Margaret Ray (nee Oakley) was the wife of John Ray, the naturalist and theologian (Scott Mandelbrote, Ray , John (16271705), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23203, accessed 21 May 2011]).




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