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William Derham to Hans Sloane – December 7, 1710
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Date: December 7, 1710
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 210-211
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[fol. 211]
Sr Upmr Dec: 7 1710
I could not meet with the surveyor till yester-
day, he having been engaged in business from hom
till this week. I went to his house on Monday, but missed
of him. He is a man I know understands his business
as well as any man, doth it with great exactness,
& adorns his map well, but I think his workmanship,
for surveying, casting up, setting down trees & Map-
ping it all. I bade him but 6d, I know I could
have had it done for yt, at most for 8d p acre by
a good artist; but he is lately dead. I doubt not but
you may have it done at that rate by some
London Surveyor, it being the common price. I
propose whoever you employ, will not care to set a-
bout it before Spring, as the Rumford Surveyor de-
sired the liberty of; so yt you will have time e-
nough to chuse your Surveyor. Whoever you em-
ploy let me know of it & I will oversee him,
because I pretend to know something of the mat-
ter. I looked about yesterday for Culverwell at
Rumford (whither ye Orset Farmers assert) in or-
der to appoint a day to assign him Gate boot, &c
but not finding him, & it being no hasty work
to be done in short days, I shall defer it longer till
my Preparations for Boyls Le will afford me more time.
I have some thoughts of being in London on Monday in order to take
the ABs directions about Boyls lectures next year, as I think I ought
in manners to do. Either yt day or ye next morning I hope to be a-
ble to reach you, & beg the favr of you to lend me the Posthumous
works of Sturmius: Sr P: Browns Treat. of ye Quincux; Lud. De Beau
forts Cosmopeoia sacras Cartelius Mozaizans; Dr Fairfaxs Sel-
vage of the World; & the divine History of the Genesis of the World
or what of them your curious Library affords. I do not know wt
reputation these tracts may deserve. & consequently whether I shall
need remove them, but I am desirous to see what they drive at. And
for these & all other favrs I shall allways esteem my self
Sr your much obliged humble servt
Wm Derham
My humble service to
your Lady. My little Girls sight begins to be better with the
use of Aselli. I give her 20 every morning but doubt whether the
number be right, & whether they ought to be given oftener. If you
favr me with a Lr, be pleased to direct me.
Derham was a Church of England clergyman and a natural philosopher, interested in nature, mathematics, and philosophy. He frequently requested medical advice from Sloane, and likely served as a physician to his family and parishioners (Marja Smolenaars, Derham, William (16571735), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).
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Date:
Author: Adam Buddle
Recipient: Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 290
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Mr Petiver
I find you have perused yt book throughout
I saw yesterday I lookt it over a little cur…ly
If I am so much in your favour lend it [me?] for a compa–nion for a week, for I am [moped?] sitting at home
now I am pretty well, it shall be particularly taken
care of
I am
Your humble serv
Adam Buddle
Buddle asks Petiver to lend him a book. Adam Buddle (bap. 1662, d. 1715) was a botanist and an ordained minister with the Church of England. While living in Henley, Suffolk, Buddle corresponded with James Petiver and Samuel Doody. Buddle had an impressive collection of mosses and grasses that he lent to Petiver and Doody, which were later passed on to Tournefort and Bobart. Buddle also acquired several specimens of English flora, which he bequeathed to Sloane. (James Britten, ‘Buddle, Adam (bap. 1662, d. 1715)’, rev. Janet Browne, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3883, accessed 22 June 2015])
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Adam Buddle to Petiver – Wednesday about noon
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Date: Wednesday about noon
Author: Adam Buddle
Recipient: Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 285
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Mr Petiver
.. you …. me last night I hope
I shall see you this evening or rather
yt you would spend two or three hours
with me this afternoon to encourage
you I have a [pot?] of [pigeons?] come
to town this day wch I [believe?] will
eat well at night I should be glad
[to?] see Mr Airy with you I am
Your heartyly
Adam Buddle
Wednesday
about noon
Buddle requests to see Petiver later that afternoon or evening. Adam Buddle (bap. 1662, d. 1715) was a botanist and an ordained minister with the Church of England. While living in Henley, Suffolk, Buddle corresponded with James Petiver and Samuel Doody. Buddle had an impressive collection of mosses and grasses that he lent to Petiver and Doody, which were later passed on to Tournefort and Bobart. Buddle also acquired several specimens of English flora, which he bequeathed to Sloane. (James Britten, ‘Buddle, Adam (bap. 1662, d. 1715)’, rev. Janet Browne, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3883, accessed 22 June 2015]).
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Ad: Buddle to J. Petiver – wednesday
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Date: wednesday
Author: Ad: Buddle
Recipient: J. Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 277
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Dear ffriend
To morrow my child is to bee
made a Xtian therefore ye
leg of pork must be eat on
fryday exactly at one of ye clock
pray let Dr […] know so much
If you cant come let me know
to morrow by twelve of ye clock
Your heartyly
Ad: Buddle
Wednesday
Buddle informs Petiver that his “child is to bee made a Xtian[.]” Adam Buddle (bap. 1662, d. 1715) was a botanist and an ordained minister with the Church of England. While living in Henley, Suffolk, Buddle corresponded with James Petiver and Samuel Doody. Buddle had an impressive collection of mosses and grasses that he lent to Petiver and Doody, which were later passed on to Tournefort and Bobart. Buddle also acquired several specimens of English flora, which he bequeathed to Sloane. (James Britten, ‘Buddle, Adam (bap. 1662, d. 1715)’, rev. Janet Browne, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3883, accessed 22 June 2015])
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Charles du Bois to J. Petiver –
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Date:
Author: Charles du Bois
Recipient: J. Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 337
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Sr, I ask your Pardon for
keeping your Books so long, I have
now return’d them with the thanks of
Yor humble Serv
Charles du B[ois?]
Charles de Bois apologies to Petiver for keeping his books for so long. Charles du Bois was a botanist working as the cashier-general of the East India Company. He became acquainted with other natural historians like James Petiver, William Sherard and Sloane, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1700 (B. D. Jackson, Dubois, Charles (bap. 1658, d. 1740), rev. P. E. Kell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8113, accessed 8 July 2013]).
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Daniel Malthus to Hans Sloane – June 25, 1713
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Date: June 25, 1713
Author: Daniel Malthus
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 157-158
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[fol. 157] S’r Dr Arbuthnott desired me to acquaint the Phisicians that Her Majesty is verry well, But that they were desired to meet at His lodging in St James’s house to morrow, at such time as they found most convenient I was with Dr Lawrence, who would accomodate Himselfe to you, but since no time is set, He names twelve, unless you should all agree on any other time, and in that case he desires notice may be sent of it to me, and He will comply with it. I am S’r yr humble servant Daniel Malthus June 25, 1713
Daniel Malthus (1651-1717) served as apothecary to Queen Anne and George I and was the great-grandfather of the political economist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus (J. M. Pullen, ‘Malthus, (Thomas) Robert (1766–1834)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17902, accessed 7 July 2014]).
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – June 11, 1692
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Date: June 11, 1692
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 126-127
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Scholarship, Social, Travel
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Subjects
Animals, Books, Entomology, Insects, Plants, Seeds, Specimens, The Athenian Society
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Date (as written)
June 11, 1692
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Dublin
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Others mentioned
Dr Ferguson Sir Tancred Robinson Samuel Doody Samuel Dale James Sloane Brother John Ray Leonard Plukenet Jacob Bobart Arthur Rawdon Paul Hermann
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Patients mentioned
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Sherard thanks Sloane for the box of seeds. Sir Arthur Rawdon received Sloane’s last letter. A letter that never arrived at its destination was sent on May 2. Sherard has not had the time to ‘sort ye specimens James brought over’. He will return any duplicate specimens with Mr Young of Belfast, who will travel to London in August. The rest of the specimens will be sent to Mr Bobart. Sherard does not plan on sending any specimens to Dr Plukenet. He does not want to slight Plukenet, but: ‘I make him such a present as he sent me by Mr Harrison… of ab’t 12 broken leaves’. Sherard is going to have his brother speak with Mr Charleton, who can have ‘what seeds he pleases to choose’. He is ‘sorry to hear Dr Herman is grown sickly’. Sherard sent Herman some seeds by Mr Cornwall. He promises to take care of any seeds Sloane sends and is going to write to ‘Dr Ferguson & give you his answer’. Sherard asks for the second volume of Ray’s book and was interested in his work on insects and quadrupeds. He heard of Mr Dale’s query related to materia medica and asks if Sloane has any contacts in the Athenian Society. Sherard offers his services to Mr Charleton, Dr Robinson, and Mr Doody.
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 (1659–1728)’, 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 Rawdon to Hans Sloane – October 30, 1711
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Date: October 30, 1711
Author: John Rawdon
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 3-4
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Rawdon was humbled when he received ‘the testimony of [Sloane’s] Curiositys’. He thanks Sloane for corresponding with him. Mr Harlow, a man who worked in Jamaica, has died. The books Sloane asked about are ‘in good order’. Rawdon plans on visiting England next summer and will come to London to see Sloane.
John Rawdon was the son of Sir George Rawdon, 1st Baronet and Hon. Dorothy Conway (http://www.thepeerage.com/p33072.htm#i330718).
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John Woodward to Hans Sloane – February 26, 1717/18
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Date: February 26, 1717/18
Author: John Woodward
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: f. 101
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[fol. 101] Gr. Coll. 26. Feb. 1717[/18].
Sr The Paper inclosed is an Extract out of a Letter recieved a while ago from Dr. Scheuchzer. I shall answer it in a few Dayes, in case you have any Commands. The printed Discourse is from Dr. Mullen, Author of a Dissertation De Urnis Spulchr. Sarmatice printed several Years ago, in 4″. He is one of the best Scholars of this Age. I shall be pleasd to find it worth yr Acceptance and am Your most faithfull humble servant Woodward
Woodward was a physician, natural historian and antiquary who expounded a theory of the earth in which fossils were creatures destroyed by the biblical flood. This embroiled him in a controversy in which he was opposed by John Ray, Edward Llwyd, Martin Lister, and Tancred Robinson (J. M. Levine, “Woodward, John (1665/1668-1728)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29946, accessed 17 June 2011]).
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Samuel Brewer to Hans Sloane – January 13, 1728/29
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Date: January 13, 1728/29
Author: Samuel Brewer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: ff. 35-36
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Legal, Social
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Subjects
Botany, Catalogues, Estate, Inheritance, Plants, Specimens, Wales
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Date (as written)
January 13, 1728/29
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
at Mr Platts in Warwick street at the botton of the Hay market
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
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Brewer is going to send a catalogue of plants, some of which are ‘not knowne to grow in these Kingds before’. He started collecting them five or six years ago. Brewer was discouraged by the comments of ‘Dr Del’ (Johann Jacob Dillenius) regarding collecting in Wales. He is also disheartened by the fact that his family cut him out of the entails of ‘3 or 4 considerable estates’.
Samuel Brewer (bap. 1669, d. 1743?) was a botanist. He discovered several plant species that were included in the third edition of John Ray’s ‘Synopsis’, which was published in 1724 (John Martin, ‘Brewer, Samuel (bap. 1669, d. 1743?)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3366, accessed 8 Aug 2014]).