Mary Astell to Hans Sloane – July 2, 1720
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Date: July 2, 1720 Author: Mary Astell Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045 Folio: ff. 336-337
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English
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British Library, London
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Charity, Collections, Patronage, Social
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Cabinet, Curiosities, Education, Schools, Women
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July 2, 1720
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Bond Street
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Mr Green
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Astell reminds Sloane that she once viewed his ‘valuable Collections’. Mr Green told her that Sloane renewed his support of the ‘Charity School at Chelsea’. The school building has been ‘mov’d […] up Mr Green’s ground’, causing problems. Astell asks for Sloane’s advice regarding the situation as the ‘season is pretty far advanc’d’. Mary Astell started a charity school for the daughters of pensioners in the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, for which she found a suitable site, raised funds, and planned the curriculum (Ruth Perry, Astell, Mary (16661731), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/814, accessed 18 Aug 2011]).
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