James Cuninghame to James Petiver – January 4, 1709
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Date: January 4, 1709 Author: James Cuninghame Recipient: James PetiverLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041 Folio: f. 266
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English
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British Library, London
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Social, Travel
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India
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January 4, 1709
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Calcutta
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Captain Nelly
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[fol. 266] Dr Sloane Mr James Pettiver Kind Srs. I having lately arrivd here in the Ship Anna Capt. Nelly Comdr being now at a considerable distances from ye said Ship, Im obligd at present to send you an empty Letter contrary to my usual custom for which shall endeavour to make you amends being in expectation of overtaking this advice & therefore shall not need to add further but desire to be heartily remembred to all our worthy Freinds, & to own myself to be wth all respect & since Worthy Sirs yr most obliged & most Humble servt Cuninghame Calcutta Jan: 4th. 1708/9. [Another hand] Recd by Dr Sloan Augt 1709
James Cuninghame (fl. 1698-1709) became a member of the Royal Society in 1699. He traveled the world as a trader and collected information, plant specimens, and curiosities until his death in 1709 (Gordon Goodwin, Cuninghame , James (fl. 16981709), rev. D. J. Mabberley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6922, accessed 24 June 2013]).
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