Thomas Cooke to Hans Sloane – January 23, 1729/30
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Date: January 23, 1729/30 Author: Thomas Cooke Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050 Folio: f. 265
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English
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British Library, London
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Medical, Scholarship, Trade or Commodities
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Publishing, Subscriptions, Translations
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January 23, 1729/30
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Seymour Court, in Chandos Street.
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Thomas Cooke
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[fol. 265] Sir, I am fearful lest this should be thought too presumptuous for one who is almost, or entirely a stranger to you; but I depend more on your Candour than any Merit of my own, From your Readyness in subscribing to my Translation of Hesidd [sic], I flatter myself that you will honour me with your Name to the Work which I am about; a Proposal for which I have took the Freedom to enclosed, and added my name to the Receipt. I should not take this Method of asking the subscriptions of such as I think I may venture to presume on, was I able to wait on Them; but a long Illness, from which I am not well recovered, prevented Me in it. The Bearer will bring what Commands you are pleased to honour me with. Allow me, Sir, the Honour to be your most obedient humble sert. Tho. Cooke. Seymour Court, in Chandos Street. Jan. 23. 1729.
Thomas Cooke (1703-1756), known as ‘Hesiod’ Cooke, was a popular translator of the Classics and writer (Sidney Lee, ‘Cooke, Thomas (1703–1756)’, rev. Arthur Sherbo, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6180, accessed 20 Aug 2014]).
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Name: N/A Thomas Cooke
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