Letter 3005

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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – February 15, 1723/24


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Date: February 15, 1723/24
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 131-132


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[fol. 132] Honrd Sr On wednesday last I sent yu by John Houldsworth a pott of Woodcocks which I had intended to have done in November last, but the season at that time was so dry & warme that we had none at all came to us they have all the winter been very scarce here though in some parts of Lancashire & Westmorland which are nigh the sea I hear there has been prety plenty as an effect of the Warmenes of the season I had brought hither in Christmas a nest of Hedge Sparrow eggs & I have been credibly informed that about the same time there were young magpyes taken out of a nest at Gerstang in Craven This country at present is free from the small pox. I shall be glad to hear that the Box came to yu in good order I have nothing at all in Nat: History to put into it but if any thing of that kind come in any way you may be sure of an account of it with my hearty wishes for yr good health I am with all due respect Your much obliged servant Ric: Richardson North Bierley Feb: 15 1723/24

Richardson was a physician and botanist who traveled widely in England, Wales, and Scotland in search of rare specimens. He corresponded and exchanged plants with many well-known botanists and naturalists (W. P. Courtney, Richardson, Richard (16631741), rev. Peter Davis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23576, accessed 31 May 2011]).



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