Letter 4102

Adam Buddle informs Mr. Petiver that his “company is desired at … ye grey-hound Tavern by salisbury court in fleet street[.]” There is a lengthy postscript attached to the end of this letter, which carries over onto the envelope. In the postscript, Buddle mentions his brother. It appears that Buddle also mentions Mr Airy, Mr Bradies and his grandmother but the text is somewhat illegible making it difficult to confirm. In addition, Buddle mentions payments and bonds but little else can be gathered from the postscript, as the text is largely unintelligible. Adam Buddle (bap. 1662, d. 1715) was a botanist and an ordained minister with the Church of England. While living in Henley, Suffolk, Buddle corresponded with James Petiver and Samuel Doody. Buddle had an impressive collection of mosses and grasses that he lent to Petiver and Doody, which were later passed on to Tournefort and Bobart. Buddle also acquired several specimens of English flora, which he bequeathed to Sloane. (James Britten, ‘Buddle, Adam (bap. 1662, d. 1715)’, rev. Janet Browne, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3883, accessed 22 June 2015])