Letter 1448

Peter Hotton to Hans Sloane – February 13, 1705


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Date: February 13, 1705
Author: Peter Hotton
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 2-3



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Hotton sends a catalogue. He asks Sloane to send him the Royal Society’s most recent catalogue. 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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