Letter 2525

William Musgrave Jr. to Hans Sloane – December 6, 1721


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Date: December 6, 1721
Author: William Musgrave Jr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 154-155



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[fol. 154] Exon. Dec:ber 6. 1721. Honorable, The Weather being excessive cold with us, my Father doth by me desire you to accept his very humble Thanks for your kindness to Dr Seymour; & in a parcel, directed to Mr March Bookseller in Exon, by Mr Taylor, Bookseller in Paul’s Church Yard, (wch my father will take care shall be conveyd to Plimouth to enclose, what you intend for the said Doctor. He bids me tell you, that among all his Country Acquaintance, he knows no one Gentleman, so fit to be addressd to, in Dr Seymour’s Case, as you are; Di tibi Divitias dederunt, animumq fruendi. My Father hopes, that as the Society have chosen a new Secretary, it will acquire new Life. He is, as I am, (Honed Sr.) Your most obedient humble Ser:vt Willm Musgrave Jun

William Musgrave, Junior was the son of of William Musgrave, Senior. See the latter’s entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Alick Cameron, Musgrave, William (16551721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19668, accessed 8 July 2013].




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