Letter 2696

Thomas Goodwin to Hans Sloane – January 30, 1699


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Date: January 30, 1699
Author: Thomas Goodwin
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 194



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Goodwin hoped to purchase a book from Dr Bernard’s auction, but is under the impression that Sloane bought it. He asks if Sloane would part with it for a crown. Goodwin was an independent minister who, at times, preached at coffee houses and published theological tracts while residing in London and Pinner, MIddlesex (T. M. Lawrence, Goodwin, Thomas (c.16501708?), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10997, accessed 21 June 2013]).




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