Letter 0683

Arthur Charlett to Hans Sloane – May 4, 1701


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Date: May 4, 1701
Author: Arthur Charlett
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 165



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[fol. 165] Deare Sr The kind Concerne you have been pleased to expresse for this good young mans Health, obliges him to pay you his most Humble Thanks, and Duty for the same, as also I late required Mr Dennison to assure Dr Sloane, how much and often I love to talk of his many kindnesses to Learning, and what is very Personal to my Selfe, to all the Freinds of your most obliged and most Affectionate Humble servant Ar Charlett Univ. Coll May 4. 17:1

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]).




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