Letter 2325

Henry Barham Sr. to Hans Sloane – April 16, 1719


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Date: April 16, 1719
Author: Henry Barham Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: f. 204



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[fol. 204] Most Worthy Sr I have here Inclosed Two Small Skained of Silk the one White and the Other yellow both in their Naturale Colours: the Letter to Dr Steigertahl I have not sealed but Leave that to your Honour And to Peruse and Correct what your think Amiss Neither have I Perfectly Directd it: I have made bold to mention your Honour being present at the Winding part of this Silk now Sent wch is actually one of the yellow skaines you Saw Upon the Reel this Freedom I hope youl Excuse who in your most Humble Servant to Command at all times Henry Barham Chelsea 16: D: 4 1719

Henry Barham (1670?-1726) was a botanist. He lived in Jamaica and corresponded with Sloane on the plant and animal life of the island. Parts of Barham’s letters to Sloane appeared in the latter’s Natural History of Jamaica (T. F. Henderson, Barham, Henry (1670?1726), rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1374, accessed 13 June 2011]).




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