Letter 1156

Godfrey Copley to Hans Sloane – September 3, 1707


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Date: September 3, 1707
Author: Godfrey Copley
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 12-13



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Copley describes the new bath he just had built, which he believes is unrivalled. It has room for 4 or 5 people and heats up very well. 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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