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John Thomas Woolhouse to Hans Sloane – December 26, 1725
Item info
Date: December 26, 1725
Author: John Thomas Woolhouse
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 116-117
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Library, Medical, Patronage, Scholarship, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Academie des sciences, Bibliotheque du Roi, Books, Employment, Holland, Jamaica, Natural History, Printing, Recommendations, Translations
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Date (as written)
December 26, 1725
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
a Paris
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Others mentioned
Mr Fargnier Abbe Tarquier Pliny Dr Nogaise John Woodward
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Patients mentioned
Jean-Paul Bignon
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The English Ambassador delivered the books Sloane sent to the Bibliotheque du Roi four days ago. Abbé Bignon was very thankful. He wants a particular translation of Pliny’s Natural History if Sloane can get it. Bignon recommended Sloane’s Natural History of Jamaica to some ‘Journalistes’ so they can publish an extract to promote it. He recommended Dr Woodward as an associate of the Academie des sciences. Woolhouse hopes Woodward finds more candidates to compete for the surgical position that opened up. Abbé Tarquier was proposed as a translator for Sloane’s Natural History of Jamaica, which can be printed by Dr Nogaise in Holland. A copy of Sloane’s book went to the Sorbonne.
John Thomas Woolhouse was an English oculist and physician. He practiced physic in London, served James II for a time, and in 1711 secured a position at Paris’s Hospice des Quinze-Vingts. He served as the King of France’s oculist, was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1721, and a member of both the Berlin Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Sciences of Bologna. Woolhouse was criticized for charlatanry by some contemporaries (Anita McConnell, Woolhouse, John Thomas (16661734), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29954, accessed 17 July 2013]).
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John Thomas Woolhouse to Hans Sloane – December 15, 1725
Item info
Date: December 15, 1725
Author: John Thomas Woolhouse
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 108-109
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Patronage, Scholarship, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Subjects
Books, Botany, Jamaica, Natural History, Opthalmology, Paris, Publishing, Recommendations, Surgeons
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Date (as written)
December 15, 1725
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
A Paris
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Others mentioned
Geoffroy Horatio Walpole Bernard de Jussieu Anthoine de Jussieu
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Patients mentioned
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Horatio Walpole, the English Ambassador, has arrived in Fontainebleau. Abbé Bignon received the second volume of the Natural History of Jamaica, which Sloane sent to him. Woolhouse has not spoken to Geoffroy or De Jussieu. He complains that the surgeon whom Sloane had given a recommendation to knew nothing about opthalmology. Bernard de Jussieu, of the Faculty of Medicine at Montpellier, is planning on publishing a second edition of the ‘Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux Environs de Paris’.
John Thomas Woolhouse was an English oculist and physician. He practiced physic in London, served James II for a time, and in 1711 secured a position at Paris’s Hospice des Quinze-Vingts. He served as the King of France’s oculist, was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1721, and a member of both the Berlin Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Sciences of Bologna. Woolhouse was criticized for charlatanry by some contemporaries (Anita McConnell, Woolhouse, John Thomas (16661734), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29954, accessed 17 July 2013]).
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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton to Hans Sloane – November 17, 1725
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Date: November 17, 1725
Author: Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: f. 89
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The books Sloane sent have arrived at Rouen. Mrs Walpole sends her compliments to Sloane. She is six months pregnant.
Horatio Walpole was a politician, diplomat, and younger brother of Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He worked closely with his brother and represented several constituencies throughout his career as an MP including Great Yarmouth and Norwich (Philip Woodfine, Walpole, Horatio , first Baron Walpole of Wolterton (16781757), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28595, accessed 8 Aug 2013]).
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Thomas Hearne to Hans Sloane – November 16, 1725
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Date: November 16, 1725
Author: Thomas Hearne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 87-88
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[fol. 87]
Honoured Sir,
I have, as you desire, sent you three Copies (Price 7s. 6d.) of my Letter. It will be time enough to return the Money, when my next Book comes up, tho’ in that you may do as you please. I was mightily pleas’d with the 11d Volume of your expensive Work, that I lately saw for a very little while, as I was also with the 1st Volume, w’ch I saw and perused many Years ago, when I had the liberty of the Boldeian Library. I wish Mr. Thoresby’s Collection were added to your’s, and am,
Sir,
Your most obl. humble servant
Tho: Hearne.
Edm. Hall
Oxford Nov.
16. 1725.
Thomas Hearne (bap. 1678, d. 1735) was an antiquary and diarist. He began working at the Bodleian Library in 1701. A nonjuror, his refusal to take an oath of allegiance to King George I led to his dismissal from the Bodleian in 1716. Hearne published the works of several English chroniclers (Theodor Harmsen, Hearne, Thomas (bap. 1678, d. 1735), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12827, accessed 2 June 2011]).
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – April 11, 1720
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Date: April 11, 1720
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 321-322
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Dr Lursenius is to wait on Sloane at the Grecian Coffeehouse. He would like to view Sloane’s cabinet. Sherard has ‘tookd out the specimen’ Signor Micheli requested as well as ‘a sheet of Mr Petivers Concordia Graminum’. Petiver is not going to ‘publish his 50 Nova Genera till he is satisfied about the English plants of those tribes’.
Sherard was a botanist and cataloguer. He worked for the Turkish Company at Smyrna where he collected botanical specimens and antiques (D. E. Allen, Sherard, William (16591728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25355, accessed 24 June 2011]).
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – December 15, 1718
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Date: December 15, 1718
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 172-173
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Sherard informs Sloane that some of his friends would like to purchase books from Petiver’s collection, including: ‘Canturia[…] Gasophylacia[…] English plants[…] Cantuas and Gasaphy’. De Jussieu is one of the buyers.
Sherard was a botanist and cataloguer. He worked for the Turkish Company at Smyrna where he collected botanical specimens and antiques (D. E. Allen, Sherard, William (16591728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25355, accessed 24 June 2011]).
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John Thomas Woolhouse to Hans Sloane – September 20, 1725
Item info
Date: September 20, 1725
Author: John Thomas Woolhouse
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 64-65
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Patronage, Scholarship, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Books, Booksellers, Jamaica, Journal des Scavans, Natural History, Opthalmology, Recommendations
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Date (as written)
September 20, 1725
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Paris
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Others mentioned
Dr. John Freind Abbe Jean Paul Bignon
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed
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Abbé Bignon thanks Sloane for sending the second volume of his Natural History of Jamaica. It has not yet ‘come to his hands’ because the Ambassador at Fontainebleau is absent. Woolhouse hopes Sloane’s bookseller sends copies of the first volume so the two volumes can be sold together, increasing sales. He discusses recent scholarship in the ‘Journal des Scavants’ and the ‘Journal des Trevaux’. Abbé Bignon wants a copy of Dr Freind’s new book. The surgeon Sloane recommended to Woolhouse turned out to know little about opthalmology.
John Thomas Woolhouse was an English oculist and physician. He practiced physic in London, served James II for a time, and in 1711 secured a position at Paris’s Hospice des Quinze-Vingts. He served as the King of France’s oculist, was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1721, and a member of both the Berlin Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Sciences of Bologna. Woolhouse was criticized for charlatanry by some contemporaries (Anita McConnell, Woolhouse, John Thomas (16661734), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29954, accessed 17 July 2013]).
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James Bruce to Hans Sloane – August 28, 1725
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Date: August 28, 1725
Author: James Bruce
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 51-52
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Bruce wants to renew his correspondence with Sloane after ‘so Long [a] silence’. He recommends the bearer, Thomas Orr Jr., the son of Presbyterian Minister Thomas Orr. Orr Jr. is to travel abroad to study surgery.
James Bruce was the Minister of the Presbyterian General Synod of Ulster. He was ordained at Killyleagh around 1684/85 and was a tour de force within the Synod of Ulster, serving on several committees and influencing its other members (Alexander Gordon, Bruce, James (1660/611730), rev. W. D. Bailie, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3733, accessed 13 Aug 2013]).
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Henry Barham Sr. to Hans Sloane – April 16, 1719
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Date: April 16, 1719
Author: Henry Barham Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: f. 204
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[fol. 204]
Most Worthy Sr I have here Inclosed Two Small Skained of Silk the one White and the Other yellow both in their Naturale Colours: the Letter to Dr Steigertahl I have not sealed but Leave that to your Honour And to Peruse and Correct what your think Amiss Neither have I Perfectly Directd it: I have made bold to mention your Honour being present at the Winding part of this Silk now Sent wch is actually one of the yellow skaines you Saw Upon the Reel this Freedom I hope youl Excuse who in your most Humble Servant to Command at all times Henry Barham Chelsea 16: D: 4 1719
Henry Barham (1670?-1726) was a botanist. He lived in Jamaica and corresponded with Sloane on the plant and animal life of the island. Parts of Barham’s letters to Sloane appeared in the latter’s Natural History of Jamaica (T. F. Henderson, Barham, Henry (1670?1726), rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1374, accessed 13 June 2011]).
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Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane – June 2, 1719
Item info
Date: June 2, 1719
Author: Patrick Blair
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 211-212
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Blair asks that Sloane send him money so he can continue to practice his trade. He is aware of the great expense he has been to Sloane. Blair suggests that he has ‘done considerable harm to [his] own affairs to serve [Sloane]’, which warrants Sloane coming to his aid. He makes clear that he would not ask if he were not in dire straits.
Patrick Blair was a botanist and surgeon whose papers were published in the Transactions. In 1715 Blair joined the Jacobite rebellion as a battle surgeon but was captured and condemned to death. He was visited by Sloane in prison in the hopes the latter might secure a pardon. Sloane was successful and the pardon arrived shortly before Blair’s scheduled execution (Anita Guerrini, Blair, Patrick (c.16801728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2568, accessed 31 May 2011]).