Letter 1890

John Thorpe to Hans Sloane – March 17, 1712/13


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Date: March 17, 1712/13
Author: John Thorpe
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 131-132



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Thorpe threatens to resign his position at the Royal Society if he does not receive a salary increase. He cannot afford to live in London as he would like to on his current wage. Thorpe was a physician and antiquary. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and helped Sloane publish the Philosophical Transactions (Norman Moore, Thorpe, John (16821750), rev. John Whyman, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27379, accessed 16 June 2011]).




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