Letter 2079

Arthur Charlett to Hans Sloane – May 18, 1716


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Date: May 18, 1716
Author: Arthur Charlett
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044
Folio: ff. 161-162



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Charlett informs Sloane that the ‘Philosophical Experiments’ in Mr Whiteside’s new courses at Oxford are very popular. Charlett may visit Mr Isted in Northamptonshire. Charlett was elected Master of University College at Oxford in 1692 and held that post until his death in 1722. Charlett used the mastership to gain influence, especially through persistent letter-writing to numerous correspondents, sharing the latest literary, political, and scholarly gossip (R. H. Darwall-Smith, Charlett, Arthur (16551722), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5158, accessed 1 June 2011]).




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