John Thorpe to Hans Sloane – March 17, 1712/13
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Date: March 17, 1712/13 Author: John Thorpe Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043 Folio: ff. 131-132
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British Library, London
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Royal Society
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Employment, Resignation, Salary
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March 17, 1712/13
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Ormondstreet
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Thorpe threatens to resign his position at the Royal Society if he does not receive a salary increase. He cannot afford to live in London as he would like to on his current wage. Thorpe was a physician and antiquary. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and helped Sloane publish the Philosophical Transactions (Norman Moore, Thorpe, John (16821750), rev. John Whyman, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27379, accessed 16 June 2011]).
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