Letter 1941

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William Derham to Hans Sloane – February 15, 1713/14


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Date: February 15, 1713/14
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 227-228


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[fol. 228] […] & Hond Sr Upmr Feb: 15 1713/4 […]r Barret acquaints me yt you […]tched at Lambeth some business […]ne: which I guess to be an In- [..]ssion for Boyls Lectures next […] If so, it is very seasonable […] great service to me, wch I shall […]k my self much obliged to […] & any other of my friends for […]bot told me, yt after this year […]ersen should be free for it; & […]e if his Grace should demur […]hat, it may easily be answered […] written to Mr Barret to de- […]ur Lr to me about the mat- […] at Mr Innys being now with […] could not forbear giving you […]ouble of this to Thank you, & […] you to tell me wt the AB said […] his inclinations are to Yours eternally W. Derham I am in great hast going would tell you what views I have had of 2 thro my 126 foot Glass: but Mr Innys saw him thro my 30 foot Glass, & will tell you he hath but one Satellite appears at present. Have you sent Blatch his instructions.

The manuscript is damaged. Derham was a Church of England clergyman and a natural philosopher, interested in nature, mathematics, and philosophy. He frequently requested medical advice from Sloane, and likely served as a physician to his family and parishioners (Marja Smolenaars, Derham, William (16571735), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).



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