Letter 2730

William Derham to Hans Sloane – November 9, 1731


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Date: November 9, 1731
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 305



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Fol. 305 Hond Sr Mr Innyss 9. Novr 31 I recd lately a curious Lr from Sr Tho: Dereham, who tells me yt he sent you some Papers being Questiones de recta Palchoindictione, to be com- municated to the R.S., our 2 Universi- ties, &c; and yt he desired I might have a sight of them. He is solicitous to know whether you recd them, & have disposed of them as he desired. Also he tells me he sent the R.S. a Specimen of his Essay on our Phil. Transact., which he was desirous yt I might see. I am going to Windsor to morrow, & should be glad to have the favour there of your answer to Your most obliged humble & affection: servt Wm Derham

Derham was a Church of England clergyman and a natural philosopher, interested in nature, mathematics, and philosophy. He frequently requested medical advice from Sloane, and likely served as a physician to his family and parishioners (Marja Smolenaars, Derham, William (16571735), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).




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