Nehemiah Grew to Hans Sloane – August 5, 1709
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Date: August 5, 1709 Author: Nehemiah Grew Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042 Folio: ff. 30-31
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British Library, London
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Collections, Material Culture, Social
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Jamaica, Meeting, Treasure
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August 5, 1709
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[fol. 30] Sr, If you can remember such a trifle, I once asked your leav to come a begg- ing to you for some of your Jamaican Trea- sure; which I obteined of you. And if I may have the favour of your notice, when you will be found at home, and at leisure, I will waite upon you at your time. I am Sr Your humble serv’t N Grew 5th Augst. 1709
Grew was a botanist and physician who, in 1677, was appointed joint secretary of the Royal Society along with Robert Hooke (Michael Hunter, “Grew, Nehemiah (bap. 1641, d. 1712)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11521, accessed 11 May 2011]).
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