Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield to Hans Sloane – August 23, 1719
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Date: August 23, 1719 Author: Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045 Folio: f. 230
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British Library, London
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Medical, Trade or Commodities
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Indian Oil, Medicines, Samples
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August 23, 1719
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Bretby
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[fol. 230] Bretby August ye 23d 1719 Sr Having found benefit for my hearing by the little viol of Oyle you was pleased to favor me with, and it being now all out, you will oblige me if you will give another small viol of it to this Agent of mine to send me down by by the Carrier. I am Sr your affectionate Friend Chesterfield I have found some good by drincking the Scarborough waters but not much.
Stanhope was a courtier and politician. He retired to Bretby and spent part of his time in London (Stuart Handley, “Stanhope, Philip, second earl of Chesterfield (1633-1714)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26253, accessed 14 June 2011]).
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