Letter 1852

Peter Silvestre to Hans Sloane – July 18, 1712


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Date: July 18, 1712
Author: Peter Silvestre
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: f. 59



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Silvestre writes that ‘Our Jacques’ will soon leave Calais to deliver some curiosities to Sloane. Peter Silvestre (d. 1718) was a Fellow of the Royal Society and co-editor of Saint-Evremond’s works (Elizabeth Grist, ‘Rainbow Coffee House group (act. 1702–1730)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/94590, accessed 14 June 2011]).




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