Timothy Harris to Hans Sloane – April 17, 1723
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Date: April 17, 1723 Author: Timothy Harris Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046 Folio: ff. 343-344
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English
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British Library, London
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Charity, Legal, Patronage, Scholarship, Travel
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Debts, India, Prison, Publishing, School Fees
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April 17, 1723
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From ye Kings Bench Prison in Southwark
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Robert Nelson George Hickes
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Harris asks for Sloane’s help, as he is imprisoned for ‘A small Debt’. He writes that they used to know each other when Harris lived on Ormond Street. He includes an Indian ‘Pastoral’ in the hopes it might interest Sloane. Harris was in India and claims he learned ‘some of these Notions of the Indians’. He would like to publish his observations. The debt is ‘but seven pounds & nine shillings’ owed ‘for one of my Childrens Board of Education’. Harris used to live comfortably, but has fell upon hard times. He will send a messenger to collect Sloane’s answer tomorrow. Timothy Harris was Keeper of the Coffee House in Ormond Street, London.
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