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Edward Southwell was a politician and government official. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1692. By 1702 he was appointed Secretary of State for Ireland.
Reference
D. W. Hayton, Southwell, Edward (16711730), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26060, accessed 8 July 2013].
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Preston was a physician and botanist who established a lengthy correspondence with Sloane, exchanging plants, seeds, books and information. His main interest was in botany, and was well-known by his contemporaries for his botanical knowledge
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Anita Guerrini, Preston, Charles (16601711), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47084, accessed 1 June 2011].
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John Conduitt (1688-1737) attended Trinity College, Cambridge and served as judge-advocate to the British forces in Portugal. He later become captain in a regiment of dragoons serving in Portugal. Conduitt married the niece of Sir Issac Newton, and later as a Whig MP he assisted Newton in his post as master of the Royal Mint before taking over this post after Newtons death.
As a parliamentary speaker, he introduced the bill for the repeal of the conjuration and witchcraft act which was successful one year before his death.
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Philip Carter, Conduitt, John (16881737), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6061, accessed 29 June 2011].
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Mary Finch (d. 1742) married Edward Finch, a Church of England clergyman and musician, some time before 1707. Mary was the daughter of Nicholas Stanley, fellow of New College, Oxford
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David Griffiths, ‘Finch, Edward (bap. 1663, d. 1738)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9429, accessed 25 June 2014].
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Jezreel Jones was a traveler and diplomat known for his Arabic skills. He was elected clerk to the Royal Society in 1698 and chosen as British envoy to Morocco in 1704
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Elizabeth Baigent, Jones, Jezreel (d. 1731), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15022, accessed 3 July 2013].
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Thomas Hoy (1659-1721) was a physician. He was admitted a Candidate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1693
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C. J. Robinson, ‘Hoy, Thomas (b. 1659, d. in or after 1721)’, rev. Michael Bevan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14008, accessed 15 June 2015]).
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James Cuninghame to Hans Sloane – January 4, 1708/09
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Date: January 4, 1708/09
Author: James Cuninghame
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 265
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[fol. 265]
Kind Sir
Having latelie arrivel here
in the Ship Anna Capt Nelly Comdr, & being now at a
considerable distance from the Sd Ship, Im obligd at
present to send you one emptie Letter contrarie to my
usual custome, for which shall endeavour to make you one
amends, being in expectation of overtaking this advice
& therefor shall not need to add further, but desire to
be heartilie remembrd to all our worthy Friends, &
to own myself to be with all respect & sinceritie,
Worthy Sire
Your most obliged
&
most Humble Sert
Calcutta
Janrie. 4th. 1708/9.
James Cuninghame (fl. 1698-1709) became a member of the Royal Society in 1699. He traveled the world as a trader and collected information, plant specimens, and curiosities until his death in 1709 (Gordon Goodwin, Cuninghame , James (fl. 16981709), rev. D. J. Mabberley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6922, accessed 24 June 2013]).
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Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine, was MP for Old Sarum and although his privy chamber office ended with the death of Charles II, he held local offices in Middlesex through the 1680s and 90s. In 1705, he published ‘The History and antiquities of the town and church of Tottenham’
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(Nicholas Doggett, Hare, Henry, second Baron Coleraine (bap. 1636, d. 1708), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12299, accessed 8 July 2013]).
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George Hickes (1642-1715) was a bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and Anglo-Saxon scholar
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Theodor Harmsen, ‘Hickes, George (1642–1715)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13203, accessed 21 June 2011].
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William Burnet to Hans Sloane – November 9, 1707
Item info
Date: November 9, 1707
Author: William Burnet
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 60-61
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[fol. 60] Sr I hope you received my letter that was to inform you that I had executed all your commands. I now send you a packet that I received from Dr. Ruysch. I will be proud to be employed in serving you in any thing here; and the mentioning your name to learned men will be a very effectual recommendation of your most obliged humble most obedient servant. W. Burnet Nov: 9 1707
William Burnet (1688-1729) was a colonial governor and son of Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury. He served in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire (Mary Lou Lustig, ‘Burnet, William (1688–1729)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4070, accessed 10 June 2015]).