Letter 3352

Louis Leon Pajot, Comte d' Ons-en-Bray to Hans Sloane – June 25, 1727


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Date: June 25, 1727
Author: Louis Leon Pajot, Comte d' Ons-en-Bray
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: f. 315



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Pajot and Bernard de Jussieu had a conversation on the beauty of Sloane’s cabinet. He sends his regards and a package from De Jussieu. Louis Leon Pajot (1678-1753) was a Parisian physician. He collected natural and mechanical curiosities, which attracted many visitors including Peter the Great. He made contributions to the Memoires de l’Academie des Sciences and was of member of the said organization (Gaspard Monge, Jean-Dominique Cassini, Pierre Bertholon, and Jean-Henri Hassenfratz, ‘Encyclopedie methodique ou par ordre de matieres: dictionnaire de physique, Volume 4’ (Hotel de Thou, 1822), 231).




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