John Beaumont to Hans Sloane – May 14, 1702
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Date: May 14, 1702 Author: John Beaumont Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038 Folio: f. 343
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Trade or Commodities
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Fossils, Insects, Microscopes, Plants, Rocks, Shells, Specimens, Telescopes
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May 14, 1702
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Bristol
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Beaumont describes the contents of Mr Cole’s collection: rocks, sea shells, insects, plants, fossils, many microscopes, and a telescope. The collection has been valued at £150. John Beaumont was a natural philosopher, geologist, translator, and writer who contributed specimens to the Royal Society’s collection (Scott Mandelbrote, Beaumont, John (c.16401731), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1876, accessed 1 Sept 2011]).
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