Letter 1969

Charles Churchill to Hans Sloane – June 30, 1714


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Date: June 30, 1714
Author: Charles Churchill
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 269-270



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Churchill was told that Sloane is meeting Dr Gath at the Old Bailey the following day. He tried to reach Sloane at his house, but missed him. Churchill wants to arrange a time to meet. Churchill was made lieutenant of the Tower of London in 1702 and Governor of Guernsey in 1706. He died on 29 December, 1714 (Elizabeth Churchill Snell, Churchill, Charles (16561714), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5396, accessed 22 June 2011]).




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