William Derham to Hans Sloane – April 15, 1709
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Date: April 15, 1709 Author: William Derham Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041 Folio: ff. 312-313
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English
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British Library, London
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Library, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship
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Frost, Papers, Weather, Weights
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April 15, 1709
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Upminster
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Mr Molyneaux Johann Jakob Scheuchzer Dr Pilly
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[fol. 313] Sr My Wife being lately brought to bed, I am not able to enjoy the pleasure, of attending the Society my self, & therefore have sent you my Observations on Dr Scheuchzers &c Tables. His Originals shall at a more convenient time be returned you, wth Dr Tillis also to be kept among the Papers of the Society if you think fit. I hope what I have done may in some measure answer your expectation, & the Societies request. If it doth not, be pleased to give me your Or- ders accordingly. When I receive yours & the other accounts promis- ed me about the effects of the late Frost, you shall (God sparing life) have the Italian accounts of the Frost, wth Mr Molyneuxes last years weather &c at Dublin. Four Tortoises for Trans actions or not I am Sr Your much obliged most humble servant. Wm Derham Upminster Apri: 15 1709
Derham was a Church of England clergyman and a natural philosopher, interested in nature, mathematics, and philosophy. He frequently requested medical advice from Sloane, and likely served as a physician to his family and parishioners (Marja Smolenaars, “Derham, William (1657-1735)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).
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