John Burnet to Hans Sloane – November 30, 1716
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Date: November 30, 1716 Author: John Burnet Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044 Folio: f. 250
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Social, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Jamaica, Medical Practice, Panama, Shells, Shipping, Specimens, Surgery
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Date (as written)
November 30, 1716
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Origin (as written)
Kingstown
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Capt. Wilks
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Burnet is planning on sending some shells he collected with Captain Wilks. He details the expenses incurred while working as a surgeon in Jamaica. Burnet wants to be moved to Panama as ‘it is much more healthfull than Portobello’. John Burnet worked for the South Sea Company in the West Indies and later served as the Physician to King Philip V of Spain.
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