Letter 3592

Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland to Hans Sloane – April 7, 1729


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Date: April 7, 1729
Author: Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: f. 89



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Fane’s servant shot two fowl ‘of the sort I never before mett with’. He describes the birds in detail and offers to send them to Sloane if he is interested. Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland (1683-1736) was a member of the House of Lords. He served as a Privy Counsellor and held several other governmental posts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Fane,_6th_Earl_of_Westmorland).




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