Letter 1929

William Derham to Hans Sloane – November 6, 1713


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Date: November 6, 1713
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 205-206



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[fol. 206] Sr Upm’r Nov: 6 1713 The Post being just ready to call I can only tell you yt yesterday I discours- ed Blatch about supervising your Farm, who insisted on a Guinea pound, and in his discourse speaking of the Poors Lopping your wood by reason yt Te- nant is at a great distance, I con- sidered yt so is Blatch at too great a distance also; & therefore [?] I will go over one day or another, & try to get the fellow at the Cock for less if I can, who I will make enqui- ry after is he will be faithfull to you. In greatest hast lay my scribble Yours most affectionately The post calls. W. 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 7 June 2011]).




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