Letter 3760

Batty Langley to Hans Sloane – May 11, 1730


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Date: May 11, 1730
Author: Batty Langley
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 27-28



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[fol. 28] Honed Sr Be Pleased to accept of the Head of the Illustrious Sr Isaac Newton, Herewith sent made in my artificial stone, Being the first that Has been Made, since the Time of the old Romans I am yr Most Obedient Humble Servt Batty Langley 11 May 1730

Batty Langley (bap. 1696, d. 1751) wrote works on gardening, garden design, and ancient and modern architecture (Eileen Harris, Langley, Batty (bap. 1696, d. 1751), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16022, accessed 20 Aug 2013]).




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