Letter 1338

Peter Hotton to Hans Sloane – May 29, 1703


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Date: May 29, 1703
Author: Peter Hotton
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 130-131



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Hotton had enclosed ‘Ahmella’ seeds and a dried plant sample in a small bag in his previous letter, which he describes. Peter Hotton (1648-1709), also known as Petrus Houttuyn, was Professor of Botany and Medicine at Leiden University. He supervised the university’s botanic gardens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Houttuyn).




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