Letter 2547

William Harvey to Hans Sloane – January 25, 1721/22


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Date: January 25, 1721/22
Author: William Harvey
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: f. 193



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[fol. 193] SR The Gentlemen who met at the last Quarter Sessions having Unanimously agreed that Mr Honywood and my self should be set up as Representatives for the County of Essex at the next Election I hope for your Concurrence and that you will favour us with your vote & Interest being for the [?] of the Country which will much oblige SR Yr Humble Servt Wll: Harvey Jan 25th 1721[/22]

The Mr Honywood referred to in the letter is Sir Robert Honywood, the younger, the son of diplomat Sir Robert Honywood (Gillian Wright, “Honywood, Sir Robert (1601-1686)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13668, accessed 31 Aug 2011]).




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