Letter 2920

James Salter to Hans Sloane – April 10, 1723


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Date: April 10, 1723
Author: James Salter
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: f. 342



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Salter sends what came to him by the post this morning. James Salter was the owner of Salter’s Coffee House and at one time was a servant of Sir Hans Sloane. He accompanied the latter on his travels. His establishment was more commonly known as Don Saltero’s Coffee House and it was famous for its museum of curiosities from around the world (W. W. Wroth, Salter, James (d. c.1728), rev. P. E. Kell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24569, accessed 19 July 2013]).




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