Letter 1034

Abraham Hill to Hans Sloane – February 6, 1705/06


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Date: February 6, 1705/06
Author: Abraham Hill
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 131



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[fol. 131] feb 6. 1705 Sr, If I could with the inclosed medal send its interpretation it might be worth your acceptance. however pray let it have a place in your excellent Collection as a small present from Sr Yr most humble servt Abr Hill Dr Sloane

Abraham Hill (bap. 1635 d.1722) was Secretary to the Royal Society. He managed its correspondence (Lotte Mulligan, ‘Hill, Abraham (bap. 1635, d. 1722)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13265, accessed 9 July 2015]).




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