Letter 0810

Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – December 21, 1702


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Date: December 21, 1702
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 52



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Preston reminds Sloane that he has not received any response from him. He stresses that he is at Sloane’s service and asks only that he is apprised of botanical news. 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 1 June 2011]).




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