Letter 1908

William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – July 28, 1713


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Date: July 28, 1713
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 166-167



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Musgrave plans on printing engravings of Roman eagles. He would like Sloane’s opinion on the matter. The ‘Bust’ Sloane mentioned piqued Musgrave’s interest. William Musgrave, Senior was a physician, antiquary, and Fellow of the Royal Society. He acted as second secretary to the Royal Society and edited several volumes of the Philosophical Transactions (Alick Cameron, Musgrave, William (16551721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19668, accessed 8 July 2013]).




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