Letter 3700

Cornelius Mason to Hans Sloane – January 2, 1729/30


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Date: January 2, 1729/30
Author: Cornelius Mason
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: f. 258



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[fol. 258] Sr My Friend tells me that ye Gentleman who left ye snake wth you is gone into ye Country & he apprehends it was design’d you as a Present, ye Gentleman’s name is Richard Helmes junr in St Edmonds-bury Suffolk, who will be very ready to send you several Attestations if you should require them that it came from the Stomach of a Man, who was a Patient of his Fathers an Apothecary in ye same place From Sr your most Obedt Hum Servt Corn Mason Cannon Street Jany 2d 1729.




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