Letter 0774

James Paterson to Hans Sloane – September 14, 1702


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Date: September 14, 1702
Author: James Paterson
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 28-29



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Paterson had to leave town after meeting with Sloane and his friends at the Temple Coffeehouse. He cannot meet with Sloane again to discuss Dr Preston’s fossils. Paterson asks Sloane to return them, but everything else included with them is at Sloane’s disposal.




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