Letter 1938

Littleton Powys to Hans Sloane – January 16, 1713/14


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Date: January 16, 1713/14
Author: Littleton Powys
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 220-221



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Powys invites Sloane to dine with him, Sir Isaac Newton, and Dr Halley. Sir Littleton Powys (1647-1732) was a judge during the reigns of Prince of Orange, Queen Anne, and George I. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1724 (Stuart Handley, “Powys, Sir Littleton (1647-1732)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22678, accessed 17 June 2011]).




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