Letter 2093

Mr Clark sends his regards. Charlett asks to be informed of anything sent to Oxford’s museum. Some prominent doctors visited Oxford. He has found what was looking for regarding the modern Greek language. Mr Clark has procured a collection of medals and coins from Paris. Charlett discusses Lord Torrington’s collection and his brother ‘the L. C. Justice’. The former has been ‘in Exile in France’. 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]).