William Derham to Hans Sloane – November 28, 1720
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Date: November 28, 1720 Author: William Derham Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046 Folio: ff. 43-44
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English
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British Library, London
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Patronage, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship
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Publishing, Recommendations
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November 28, 1720
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Windsor Castle
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Dr. Snape Mr Jones
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[fol. 44] Hond Windsor Castle Nov: 28 1720 My very ingenious & intimate Friend Dr Snape having recommended to me the undertaking of Mr Jones, a M.A, & Fellow of his College, I presume to recommend him to you, & the R.S. if there be occasion for it, about an Abridgmt of the Philos. Transactions; wch I find he hath finished, ready for the Press. He is desirous to have the So- cieties leave & approbation.. But how far their leave is necessary, you can best judge. Dr Snape tells me he is an ingenious man, & versed in curious Learning. He is willing to shew his Papers to any yt the Society shall recom- mend them to, & I believe will give all the satisfaction yt can be desired. I am with great respect Your much obliged & most humble servt Wm Derham I would willingly have been with you on St Andrews, but our Chapter now sitting hinders.
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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