Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – ca. September, 1708
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Date: ca. September, 1708 Author: Charles Preston Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041 Folio: ff. 212-213
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English
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British Library, London
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Patronage, Social
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Medical Student, Poetry, Post, Recommendations
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ca. September, 1708
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Preston believes his letters have not reached Sloane, for he has not received a reply in some time. He asks Sloane to help a young medical student find his way in London. He encloses some poems for Sloane’s pleasure. 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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