William Derham to Hans Sloane – August 3, 1709
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Date: August 3, 1709 Author: William Derham Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042 Folio: ff. 24-25
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English
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British Library, London
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Royal Society, Scientific
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Frost, North of England, Scotland, Weather
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August 3, 1709
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Upm'r [Upminster]
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[fol. 25] Sr Upmr Aug 3 1709 I have been informed yt ye late great Frost had not those ill effects in Scotland, & the North of England, yt it had wth us. If you have recd any informations from thence, or can get any, I beg the favr of your imparting them to me, yt I may insert them into the account I am now drawing up of yt matter for the Societies use. I have not time to add more The Postman staying, but yt I am Sr Your most obliged humble Servt Wm Derham
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 (16571735), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 11 May 2011]).
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