Letter 0689

Patrick Gordon to Hans Sloane – June 23, 1701


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Date: June 23, 1701
Author: Patrick Gordon
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 178



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Gordon sends his best to Sloane and to the Royal Society. He writes on behalf of his younger brother, who studies surgery and pharmacy, and wishes to make the acquaintance of someone like Sloane. Gordon’s brother wants to meet Mr Cowper. Patrick Gordon (d. 1702) was a Naval Chaplain on the HMS Salisbury. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1694 (https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=5&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27gordon%27%29).




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