Letter 1409

James Cuninghame to Hans Sloane – January 4, 1708/09


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Date: January 4, 1708/09
Author: James Cuninghame
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 265



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[fol. 265] Kind Sir Having latelie arrivel here in the Ship Anna Capt Nelly Comdr, & being now at a considerable distance from the Sd Ship, Im obligd at present to send you one emptie Letter contrarie to my usual custome, for which shall endeavour to make you one amends, being in expectation of overtaking this advice & therefor shall not need to add further, but desire to be heartilie remembrd to all our worthy Friends, & to own myself to be with all respect & sinceritie, Worthy Sire Your most obliged & most Humble Sert Calcutta Janrie. 4th. 1708/9.

James Cuninghame (fl. 1698-1709) became a member of the Royal Society in 1699. He traveled the world as a trader and collected information, plant specimens, and curiosities until his death in 1709 (Gordon Goodwin, Cuninghame , James (fl. 16981709), rev. D. J. Mabberley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6922, accessed 24 June 2013]).




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