John Woodward to Hans Sloane – July 21, 1709
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Date: July 21, 1709 Author: John Woodward Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042 Folio: f. 16
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Patronage
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Cabinet, Curiosities, Recommendations
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July 21, 1709
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Gresh. Coll.
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Mr Henish Mr Menkening
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Woodward informs Sloane that Mr Henish, the bearer, is recommended by Mr Menkening. Henish would like to view Sloane’s collection. Woodward was a physician, natural historian and antiquary who expounded a theory of the earth in which fossils were creatures destroyed by the biblical flood. This embroiled him in a controversy in which he was opposed by John Ray, Edward Llwyd, Martin Lister, and Tancred Robinson (J. M. Levine, “Woodward, John (1665/1668-1728)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29946, accessed 17 June 2011]).
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