John Burnet to Hans Sloane – December 9, 1728
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Date: December 9, 1728 Author: John Burnet Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050 Folio: f. 21
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English
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British Library, London
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Patronage, Social, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Recommendations, Spain
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December 9, 1728
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Paris
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Burnet left the Court of Madrid for health and business reasons. He is now in Paris. The bearer is Monsieur Meriet, ‘with whom I drank to your health last night’. Meriet will inform Sloane of the latest news from Paris. Burnet asks for ‘a letter or two of Recommendation to some of your friends’. John Burnet worked for the South Sea Company in the West Indies and later served as the Physician to King Philip V of Spain.
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