Letter 0429

Charlett thanks Sloane for the donation of his book. It has been placed in the public library. Charlett’s Society has not had a meeting in some time, though they have chosen a secretary and treasurer. There is no reason for the Society not to meet, for all ‘seem willing to assemble’. Charlett hopes things improve for the group. Charlett was elected Master of University College at Oxford in 1692 and held that post until his death in 1722. Charlett used the mastership to gain influence, especially through persistent letter-writing to numerous correspondents, sharing the latest literary, political, and scholarly gossip (R. H. Darwall-Smith, Charlett, Arthur (16551722), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5158, accessed 1 June 2011]).