Letter 3937

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Jacob Bobart to Hans Sloane – October 4, 1716


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Date: October 4, 1716
Author: Jacob Bobart
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4066
Folio: f. 224


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Kind Sr I had the honour of receiving some Papers lately from you, by the hands of Mr Sutherland, who I had occasion of waiting upon once, then promissing, that he would ressat the same favour, wch I hoped for, but in vain: I have since look’d over yr elaborate writings, wth great satisfaction, but the more I peruse the same, the more I admire yr great judgement as well as industrie. I am now to present this gentleman Dr Wynter to yr approbation, as the greatest Proficient in the study of Physick, that either this, or other Ages have produced, for his time of standing: I am very apt to think that you will be pleas’d wth his conversation, and he very ambitious of yours; wherfore if it might conflict wth yr convenience, to lodge him in yr house, he would gladly embrace the favour, and what civility you will be pleased allow him, I am sure he will be glad to make acknowledment for, and you will more particularly oblige Dear Sr Yr most humble and faithful servant Ja: Bobart Oxon Octob: 4, 1716

Bobart informs Sir Hans Sloane that he received his [Sloane’s] Papers “by the hands of Mr Sutherland.” Bobart complements Sloane on his “great judgement as well as industrie” in regards to his Papers. Bobart also introduces Dr Wynter, describing him as “the greatest Proficient in the study of Physick, that either this, or other Ages have produced” and asks whether Sloane would be kind enough to allow Dr Wynter to stay at his home.

Jacob Bobart (1641-1719) was a botanist and son of Jacob Bobart, the elder (c.1599-1680). He worked with his father at the Oxford Physic Garden for nearly 40 years (D. E. Allen, ‘Bobart, Jacob, the younger (1641–1719)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2742, accessed 5 June 2015]).



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