Letter 1263

Peter Hotton to Hans Sloane – November 4, 1701


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Date: November 4, 1701
Author: Peter Hotton
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 263-264



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Hotton asks Sloane to send an excerpt from a book on anti-epileptic drugs. He asks for a list of forthcoming botanical books. Peter Hotton (1648-1709), also known as Petrus Houttuyn, was Professor of Botany and Medicine at Leiden University. He supervised the university’s botanic gardens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Houttuyn).




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