Letter 0365

Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu to Hans Sloane – July 26, 1690


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Date: July 26, 1690
Author: Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 108-109



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Montagu thanks Sloane and his brother for a sample they provided him. Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montague (bap. 1638, d. 1709) was an English courtier, diplomat, and patron of the arts. He was elected to Parliament both before and after the Glorious Revolution (Edward Charles Metzger, Montagu, Ralph, first duke of Montagu (bap. 1638, d. 1709), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19030, accessed 25 June 2013]).




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