William Sherard to Hans Sloane – February 7, 1723/24
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Date: February 7, 1723/24 Author: William Sherard Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047 Folio: ff. 126-127
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British Library, London
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Government, Trade or Commodities
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Customs House, Seeds, Specimens
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February 7, 1723/24
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Mr Rand Mark Catesby
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[fol. 126] Feb.7.1723/4 Honered Sr. By ye Bearer I send yr Box from Mr Catesby, I hope tis in much better condition then ye last ye reid from him it was opened by ye Custome house officers but I believe nothing taken out. I have a large Gourd wth seeds for Mr. Rand, wch please to give him notice of it if you see him today, if not I’le write to him by penny post tomorrow morning having severall for rein letters to dispete it to might by ye Holland post. I am Sr yr most humble servt W.Sherard
Sherard was a botanist and cataloguer. He worked for the Turkish Company at Smyrna where he collected botanical specimens and antiques (D. E. Allen, Sherard, William (16591728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25355, accessed 24 June 2011]).
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