Letter 2729

William Derham to Hans Sloane – September 29, 1731


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Date: September 29, 1731
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: f. 25



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[fol. 25] Hond Sr Upmr Dec. 29. 1731 Not having any other way of send- ing to Sr Tho: Dereham, I hope you will excuse this trouble I give you. If you will be at the pains to read the enclosed, you will see what I would write to your self. I desire the favr of you to fasten this Seal, as being the most proper from Your most obliged affection- humble servt Wm Derham If this causeth any Expence, I will Thankfully repay you when I see you, or let Mr Innys do it & charge it on me.

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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