Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – March 3, 1702/03
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Date: March 3, 1702/03 Author: Charles Preston Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039 Folio: f. 93
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Library, Material Culture, Scholarship
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Books, Natural History, Specimens
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March 3, 1702/03
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Edn [Edinburgh]
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James Paterson Mr Lloyd
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Preston sends natural curiosities and books on behalf of Mr Paterson. He discusses works of natural history. 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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