Letter 0502

Charlett thanks Sloane the hospitality he showed towards the students he recommended to him. He asks for this civility to be extended to Mr Tanner. Charlett discusses the necessity of a system of ‘common Measures’ for the printing trade. He reports that more and more people were beginning to support this idea. He read the article about the ‘curious Dissection’ in the Philosophical Transactions. Dr Wallis’ ‘3d Volume’ is to be published soon and ‘The old Title restored by Dr Gregory to Dr Moresons Herbal’. Mr Isted passes his thanks on to Sloane for the civility shown toward him. 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 18 June 2013]).