Letter 2611

John Manley to Hans Sloane – November 23, 1723


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Date: November 23, 1723
Author: John Manley
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: f. 123



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Fol. 123 Whereas you and Mr Plowden seem to doubt if … where you Master Plowden lodges at nights, be punctual in taking him up and giving him the medicines as prescribed by you, I have again examin’d the child about it, and he assures me the woman is very careful and exact. And I do really believe she is so. The child’s letting go his water in the daytime is entirely his own fault. For whatever duty he is at, upon his first asking leave to go down, it is granted…




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