Letter 0456

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Arthur Charlett to Hans Sloane – July 18, 1697


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Date: July 18, 1697
Author: Arthur Charlett
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 335


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[fol. 335] Dear Sir, The inclosed is an Account of the present state of our Presse, which by reason of the Impositions on Paper, and Foreign Trade, is in a very languishing condition. I think some Part of this catalogue, has formerly been put at ye end of a Transaction, which is again submitted to your Consideration. Dr Gregory is preparing the Presse for you, and Dr Nallis is considering how to furnish you. I have now by me four Volumes of the Transactions of our Former Society in MS, which if you desire to peruse, when I com to London, which must be within a month, they shall be privately brought to You by Your obliged Humble servant Ar Charlett Univ. Coll. July 18. 97.

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]).



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