Letter 0892

Andrew Fountaine to Hans Sloane – January 20, 1703/04


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Date: January 20, 1703/04
Author: Andrew Fountaine
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 238-239



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Fountaine returns the three Saxon coins he was lent. He intends to mention Sloane’s kindness publicly and asks for the honour of a visit. Sir Andrew Fountaine was an art collector who undertook grand tours of Europe to view and purchase the art of the Continent (Andrew W. Moore, Fountaine, Sir Andrew (16761753), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9994, accessed 8 July 2013]).




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