Letter 1470

Peter Hotton to Hans Sloane – May 9, 1706


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Date: May 9, 1706
Author: Peter Hotton
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 160-161



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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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