Letter 3261

Margaret Flamsteed to Hans Sloane – May 4, 1726


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Date: May 4, 1726
Author: Margaret Flamsteed
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 147-148



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[fol. 147] Sr I have inclosed a Letter in French as you commanded. I have not transcribed it for fear of making Mistake I return you thanks for this great favour you have honoured me with and I am with perfect respect Sr Your Most humble servant Margaret Flamsteed Greenwich May ye 4th 1726

Margaret Flamsteed was the widow of the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed. They married in 1692. John Flamsteed was an astronomer, had a crucial role in the founding the of the Royal Observatory, and participated in academic debates relating to astronomy (Frances Willmoth, Flamsteed, John (16461719), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9669, accessed 21 June 2013]).




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