Letter 3219

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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton to Hans Sloane – November 17, 1725


Item info

Date: November 17, 1725
Author: Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: f. 89


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Transcription

The books Sloane sent have arrived at Rouen. Mrs Walpole sends her compliments to Sloane. She is six months pregnant. Horatio Walpole was a politician, diplomat, and younger brother of Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He worked closely with his brother and represented several constituencies throughout his career as an MP including Great Yarmouth and Norwich (Philip Woodfine, Walpole, Horatio , first Baron Walpole of Wolterton (16781757), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28595, accessed 8 Aug 2013]).



Patient Details

  • Patient info
    Name: N/A Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton
    Gender:
    Age:
  • Description

    Walpole is feeling well, though he has been having headaches, an upset stomach, and 'severall boyles that broke successively' in the past ten weeks. He had a terrible headache when he first arrived at Fontainebleau.

  • Diagnosis

    Headaches; upset stomach; boils.

  • Treatment
    Previous Treatment:
    Ongoing Treatment:

    He took the waters whenever he could.


    Response:
  • More information
  • Medical problem reference
    Headache, Boils, Stomach