John Burnet to Hans Sloane – October 2, 1727
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Date: October 2, 1727 Author: John Burnet Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049 Folio: f. 41
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Patronage, Travel
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Recommendations, Shells, Specimens
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October 2, 1727
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Kingston
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Burnet voyaged from Cartagena to Kingston. He asks for Sloane’s patronage and encloses a box with ‘some shells &c.’ 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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