Letter 4180

Roger Bradshaigh to Hans Sloane – June 7th 1734


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Date: June 7th 1734
Author: Roger Bradshaigh
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 229



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Bradshaigh writes recommending Doctor William Maynard to Sloane’s favour, who is settled in the town of Wegan and practices physick with great success. He would like to be recognized by the College of Physicians. Bradshaigh goes on to speak about Maynard’s great character. Sir Roger Bradshaigh, third baronet (bap.1675, d.1747), politician and coal owner. Richard D. Harrison, ‘Bradshaigh, Sir Roger, third baronet (bap. 1675, d. 1747)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/63021, accessed 14 Aug 2015]




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