Letter 0546

Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – December 31, 1698


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Date: December 31, 1698
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 177-178



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Preston informs Sloane that the Catalogue is almost complete and that he will send him a copy as soon as it is done. Preston writes that Mr Martin will be coming to London. Preston was a physician and botanist who established a lengthy correspondence with Sloane, exchanging plants, seeds, books and information. His main interest was in botany, and was well-known by his contemporaries for his botanical knowledge (Anita Guerrini, Preston, Charles (16601711), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47084, accessed 18 June 2013]).




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