Letter 1130

James Cuninghame to Hans Sloane – April 30, 1707


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Date: April 30, 1707
Author: James Cuninghame
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 350-351



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[fol. 350] Worthy Sir Im easily convincd that you who have been pleasd so much to patronize my Concerns will be satisfied to hear that I still remain alive from the fatal disasters of Pulo Condore & shall not […]pine at whatever Disappointments may hel[…] long as I can retain the esteem & a[…] of our Honble Masters, to promote […] not of your favourable assistance, w[…] be had in remembrance and be acknow[…] Sir Your most Humble Servant Ja: Cuninghame Batavia Aprile 30th 1707

James Cuninghame (fl. 1698-1709) became a member of the Royal Society in 1699. He traveled the world as a trader and collected information, plant specimens, and curiosities until his death in 1709 (Gordon Goodwin, Cuninghame , James (fl. 16981709), rev. D. J. Mabberley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6922, accessed 24 June 2013]).




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