Peter Hotton to Hans Sloane – May 9, 1706
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Date: May 9, 1706 Author: Peter Hotton Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040 Folio: ff. 160-161
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Latin
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British Library, London
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Collections, Material Culture, Scholarship, Scientific, Social
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Botany, Correspondence, Microscopes, Seeds, Specimens
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May 9, 1706
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Origin (as written)
Leiden
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Counts of Schonborn
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Hotton encloses letters from the Counts of Schonborn, who are interested in natural history. He describes his microscopic observations. He sends the seeds mentioned in his previous letter. 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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