Letter 3305

Thomas Onslow to Hans Sloane – December 4, 1726


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Date: December 4, 1726
Author: Thomas Onslow
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 227-228



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[fol. 227] Sr The report of a Woman’s breeding of Rabbits has almost alarm’d England and in a Manner persuaded severall people of sound Judgm:t of that truth; I have been at some pains to Discover the Affair, and think I have Conquerd My poynt; as you will se by the Depotition [sic] taken before Me, which shall be published in a Day or Two I am Sr Yr Hume Servant Onslow Clandon Decemr 4th 1726

Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow (1679-1740) inherited his title from his father Richard Onslow in 1717. He commissioned Clandon Park in the 1730s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Onslow,_2nd_Baron_Onslow).




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