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George Henry Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull to Hans Sloane – September 3, 1729
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Date: September 3, 1729
Author: George Henry Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: f. 183
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Hay was unable to wait on Sloane as planned. He will have to come tomorrow at 5 o’clock in the afternoon. Hay is looking forward to viewing Sloane’s collection.
George Henry Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull (1689-1758) was a politician and diplomat. From 1729 to 1737 he was the British Ambassador to Constantinople (Philip Carter, ‘Hay, George, eighth earl of Kinnoull (1689–1758)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12718, accessed 15 Aug 2014]).
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Henry Barham Sr. to Hans Sloane – November 13, 1713
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Date: November 13, 1713
Author: Henry Barham Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 208-209
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[fol. 208]
Must be a True Rectifyed Sp: of Wine to Dissolve it I have made use of it severall years in my practice with great success in all venerial cases and finde is a specifick in Dropsies some others in the Towne Practice much with it and Choses that yellowish large sort and findes great success by it yet not withstanding the Daily experience some Persons have Reported not only hear but in Engl=and that it is not True Gum Guajacum to my very great Detriment and Disapointment of sale: butt yet Cannot Tell what Gum if not Guajacum; nor from What other Tree then Lign: Vita; Some say hear that it is from ye Manchapoole Tree and that it lyes hid in the hear and forkes of the Tree and Negroes makes Rope ladders to come at it it may be soo but upon strick Inquiry I Cannot finde an Occu=lar Wittness; and but Guess work: I have lookt Uppon standreds of these Trees and Could Never see any Gum nor any of them notched or Cutt for Gum; butt allowing it to be soo I doo affirme and am Ready to give my Oath that it hath all ye Virtus of Gum Guajacum and to day it must be Poison because the Apples are they may say as well yt Cassory or Cassador is soo because the Juice of the Root is Poisen wch every body knows. I desire you would favor mee with some Tryalls of it and give your Opinion you may have what quantity you please of is from Thomas Moss Merchant in scotch yard in Bush lane […] Near […] Cannon street; who hath a quantity of it from mee: I shall send you by the Next our Spider and some things worth your Observation in ye mean While I Remaine your Zealous Devoted friend and Servant Henry Barham Novembr 13th 1713: Spanish Towne
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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William Derham to Hans Sloane – December 30, 1713
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Date: December 30, 1713
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 213-214
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[fol. 214]
Sr Upm’r Dec: 30 1713
It was some time after I saw
you yt I before I could acquaint Mr
Blatch of Orset with your mind, & as
yet I have not met with him, but
this day senight I agreed with his Wife
& gave her Instructions for her Hus-
band on your behalf. I agreed for a
Guinea p anud to comence this Xmas.
I doubt not of his care & diligence in
what is incumbent on him. I would
have acquainted you sooner herewith,
but a great deal of X+mas hurry hath
either prevented me, or made me for-
get it in due time.
I am pretty well accomodated now
for the Observation of 2 & 4&c having a
Pole of 40 odd feet given me by mu
friend Mr Barret (to whom I desire my
humble service when you see him) wch
is nicely fitted up for the managemt of
Mr Huygens Glass of 12+ feet, & another
of Campanis of 29 feet. But the weather hath
been either so cloudy, or stormy, or damp, yt my
Pole will so well do its part, as to enable me to ma-
nage my Glasses with much less difficulty than I
imagined. I shall with all yt diligence my other
necessary affairs will admit of, address my self
to observations, & impart them to the R.S. whose
prosperity & good success, together wth yr own, is
heartily wished by
Sr Your much obliged humble servt
Wm Derham
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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William Derham to Hans Sloane – January 1, 1714
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Date: January 1, 1714
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 215-216
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[fol. 216]
Sr Upm’r Jan. 1 1713/4
I was sorry I had written to you on Wed-
nesday last, by reason Blatch came to
me about 2 hours after to desire me to
get of you a copy of your Terms with
Finch, particularly wt Plough-boot, Cart-
boot, & Hedge-boot you allow him & what
Land he is to plough, & what not, or
how much? What amendment he is to
lay upon the Land, & what he may
carry off, & in short all other mat-
ters, yt either his Lease or your Plea-
sure oblige him unto? Without the
knowledge of which particularly he
will not be able to keep finch in such
due order as you expect, & he promised
to take care of in your behalf. If you
send to me your mind, I will transmit
it to Blatch: but I believe yr readiest way
will be to write to him at large, & direct
it for Mr Blatch of Orset near Garys in Essex, &
send it by ye General Py wch means he will
receive your Orders sooner; wch perhaps I may not
be able to transmit in a month, or more, this
winter time, when Orset people do not come to Rum-
ford Market so often as in Summer. Wishing you
an happy New-year, I am very affectionately
Sr Your much obliged humble
Servant
Wm Derham
My Wifes
humble service.
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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William Wotton to Hans Sloane – February 24, 1713/14
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Date: February 24, 1713/14
Author: William Wotton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 231-232
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Wotton is thinking of inviting ‘Dr Thorp’ to Bedford. He complains that ‘Apothecary’s and Quacks’ are disrupting medical ‘practise of the countrey’.
Wotton was a child prodigy, having received his BA from Oxford at the age of nine. He mastered several languages and fields of inquiry and became a member of the Royal Society in 1687 as well as being ordained in 1689. He published many works on history, theology, culture, and politics and contributed to the Philosophical Transactions (David Stoker, Wotton, William (16661727), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30005, accessed 14 June 2011]).
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Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox to Hans Sloane – June 8, 1729
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Date: June 8, 1729
Author: Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: ff. 129-130
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[fol. 129] Paris Wednesday June the 8th NS. 1729 Dear Sir Hans, I dont doubt but you have heard before now of the death of my poor child Louisa & of my Wifes miscarrying, which proceeded meerly from the grief of that poor Childs long ilness & death but however I have some comfort in my wifes recovery, for she is as well as is possible, for one that has been in her condition; Doctor Chirack, Doctor Lidderdale, Monsieur Seyrat that mad [sic] midwife & surgeon, & Monsr Petit, the surgeon, all attended the opening of the Child, & when they have drawn up their opinion, they will all sign it, & I hope to send you a copy of it next post. Now sir I must thank you for the honor you have done to my freind Monsieur Dufary; & do assure you at the same time you could not confer it on a more deserving person, both as to Learning & merit in general. Enclosed is a letter from him. the Dutchess of Richmond, desires her service to you; wee are all very impatient to see My Lord & Lady Cadogan I am Dear sir, Your most faithfull humble servant, Richmond
Charles Lennox (1701-1750), 2nd Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, was a politician and sportsman. In 1724 he was appointed aide-de-camp to George I and later worked for George II. Lennox was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1724 (Timothy J. McCann, ‘Lennox, Charles, second duke of Richmond, second duke of Lennox, and duke of Aubigny in the French nobility (1701–1750)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16450, accessed 13 Aug 2014]).
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William Derham to Hans Sloane – September 17, 1714
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Date: September 17, 1714
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 296-297
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Government, Library, Scientific, Social
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Subjects
Astronomy, Books, Jacobite Rising, Militia, Real Estate, Sun, Sunspots
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Date (as written)
September 17, 1714
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Upm'r [Upminster]
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Others mentioned
Mr Finch Mr Reynolds Mr Innys
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Patients mentioned
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[fol. 297]
Sr Upmr Sep. 17. 1714.
Your Tenant Finch sent over his
Wife to me to ask what had best
to do about yt finding to Arms, they
having orders to get them in a readiness
I have this morning been wth your for-
mer Tenant Reynoldss Wif about
it; who saith her Husband was joined
wth the Rector of Orset for his other
Farm, but she hath utterly forgotten
how the matter was for yours, only
think you we it was joined with
some other Farm, but knows not
whose it was. They are earnest
for your directions in the matters
& desire your answer, directed to Grays
for them at Orset. But I verily believe
the Militia will not be called out this
year, the Deputy Lieutent of the Country,
& Capt of the Horse (in whose company I was
last Wednesday) telling me that unless the Kind
landed at Harwich there would be no need of them
I leave the matter to you, not being able to do
any further service therein than to inform you
but if you can make it in my power to do you
any farther service herein, or any thing else
none more ready than
Sr Your much obliged humble servt
Wm Derham
I have long
desired Mr Innys to borrow
of you for me ye Recueil des
Observations, & Hevelii Prodromus
Which if you will favour me with for a fortnight
they shall be very carefully used & returned. It
will be a great favour if you could leave them
for me at Mr Innyss; who else will be back wd
in going so far for them. There were 2 Spots on ye
[Sun] the beginning of this month, but are nor off.
Now have been since Oct. 1710.
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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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – March 7, 1714/15
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Date: March 7, 1714/15
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044
Folio: ff. 21-22
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Material Culture, Patronage, Royal Society, Social, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Books, Botany, Debts, Greek, Inscriptions, Medals, Near East, Real Estate, Recommendations
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Date (as written)
March 7, 1714/15
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Smyrna
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Others mentioned
Robert Sherrard Mr Cuper Leonard Plukenet Arthur Rawdon James Petiver
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Patients mentioned
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Sherard thanks Sloane for writing and sending him some books. He laments that he is not up to date on Royal Society news. Sherard informs Sloane of his botanical work, recording of Greek inscriptions, and growing collection of antique medals. He writes of his interactions with Sir Arthur Rawdon, Robert Sherard, and Mr Carter. Sherard recommends Monsieur St. Amand, a Frenchman, to Sloane. Sherard is having difficulty collecting money from Rawdon. His brother, James Sherard, has mortgaged a house in Cheshire.
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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Thomas Archer to Hans Sloane – July 15, 1715
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Date: July 15, 1715
Author: Thomas Archer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044
Folio: ff. 80-81
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Archer requests a meeting at the Grecian Coffeehouse or Sloane’s home. He wants to know what Sloane plans on doing with his Chelsea property.
Archer was an architect who was commissioned to design fifty new churches in London, Westminster, and the surrounding area in 1711. He is considered a master of English baroque architecture (Andor Gomme, Archer, Thomas (1668/91743), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/628, accessed 25 June 2011]).
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Henry Newman to Hans Sloane – July 30, 1713
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Date: July 30, 1713
Author: Henry Newman
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: f. 170
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[fol. 170] Whitehall. 30th. July. 1713 Honoured Sir I receiv’d the enclosed just now from Holland, and am proud of any occasion to tell you that I am Sir Yr. most obliged humble servant Henry Newman Dr. Sloane
Henry Newman (1670-1743) was Secretary for The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. He graduated BA and MA from Harvard, worked as a librarian, and entered the commercial fishing industry in Newfoundland until 1703 when he settled in England to work for the Society (Leonard W. Cowie, ‘Newman, Henry (1670–1743)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39693, accessed 14 Aug 2015]).