John Burnet to Hans Sloane – January 5, 1725/26
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Date: January 5, 1725/26 Author: John Burnet Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048 Folio: ff. 120-121
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Material Culture, Patronage, Trade or Commodities
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Scientific Instruments, Shipping
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January 5, 1725/26
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Cartagena
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Mr Rudge Sir John Eyles Edmond Halley
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Burnet has not heard anything regarding his friend’s quadrant from Edmond Halley. He wonders whether he should stop trying to get it back. Burnet asks Sloane to help him stay ‘in the good graces of Sr John Eyles and Mr Rudge’. He is having difficulty with his enemies and needs Sloane’s support. He thanks Sloane for his last letter and will try ‘to gett what Collection I can to go by the Royall George’ to London. John Burnet worked for the South Sea Company in the West Indies and later served as the Physician to King Philip V of Spain.
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