Letter 2091

Charlett relates the success of Mr Whiteside’s courses at Oxford. He requests information on the current Patriarch of Alexandria as well as any grammars or lexicons on the modern Greek language. The antiquary ‘Bunn Nullri Esq’ and Dr George Clark send their regards. 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]).