Letter 3511

D. Standish to Hans Sloane – October 21, 1728


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Date: October 21, 1728
Author: D. Standish
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 250-251



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Standish received Sloane’s letter dated June 16, 1728 and has sent everything except ‘the Ore & Petrified Wood’. Sloane is asked to send an account of the metal that can be extracted from the specimen. Standish apologizes for writing such a short letter and states that another letter will be sent in ‘6 weeks time’.




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