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Thomas Hyde to Hans Sloane – November 18, 1700
Item info
Date: November 18, 1700
Author: Thomas Hyde
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 89
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Transcription
Hyde discusses procuring books for Sloane. He is trying to reserve books at an upcoming auction.
Hyde was the librarian of the Bodleian Library from 1665 to 1701. He possessed excellent linguistic skills in eastern languages, especially ancient Persian and Arabic (P. J. Marshall, Hyde, Thomas (16361703), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14336, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Humfrey Wanley to Hans Sloane – June 25, 1700
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Date: June 25, 1700
Author: Humfrey Wanley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 24-25
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Transcription
Wanley attempted to meet with Sloane yesterday, but chased after him in vain, always just missing him. He did not get Sloane’s message from Mr Chamberlayne until it was too late.
Wanley was an Old English scholar and a librarian. He contributed four catalogues to Bernards Catalogue, a collection of manuscripts published in 1697. He was appointed assistant at the Bodleian Library in 1695 (Peter Heyworth, Wanley, Humfrey (16721726), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28664, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Godfrey Copley to Hans Sloane – November 25, 1700
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Date: November 25, 1700
Author: Godfrey Copley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 95-96
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Transcription
Copley writes on behalf of Lord Derby, who is on the Island and looking for a new governor. Copley has not been able to find one himself, so he asks Sloane for a recommendation. He is glad to hear Halley has returned to England.
Sir Godfrey Copley was a politician and active member of the Royal Society. He was elected a Fellow of the latter in 1691 (C. I. McGrath, Copley, Sir Godfrey, second baronet (c.16531709), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6269, accessed 24 June 2013]).
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Edmund Bohun to Hans Sloane – February 15, 1700
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Date: February 15, 1700
Author: Edmund Bohun
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 134
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Transcription
Bohun will visit Sloane soon. Mr Franklin one of Sloane’s papers to Bohun.
Edmund Bohun was a merchant whose father, of the same name, was chief justice of the colony of South Carolina until his death in 1699. See the entry for the elder Edmund Bohun (Geoff Kemp, Bohun, Edmund (16451699), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2772, accessed 25 June 2013]).
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John McBride to Hans Sloane – December 30, 1700
Item info
Date: December 30, 1700
Author: John McBride
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 117-118
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Transcription
McBride praises Sloane’s work and blesses his family. He recommends the bearer James Boyd, an apothecary from Dublin. McBride discusses books Sloane was involved in publishing and the Philosophical Transactions. He updates Sloane on his family’s condition.
John McBride (ca. 1650-1718) was Minister of the Presbyterian General Synod of Ulster and a religious controversialist (D. W. Hayton, ‘McBride, John (c.1650–1718)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17361, accessed 14 June 2011]).
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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – February 23, 1700
Item info
Date: February 23, 1700
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 372-373
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Curiosity Reports, Library, Medical, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship
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Subjects
Balfour Library, Botany, Catalogues, Curiosities, Drawings, Stones
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Date (as written)
February 23, 1700
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Edn. [Edinburgh]
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Others mentioned
Sir Andrew Balfour Sir James Balfour Sir Robert Sibbald
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed
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Transcription
Preston read the most recent Philosophical Transactions. He has some botanical catalogues for Sloane. A stone was found in a woman’s pelvis. He provides ‘figures of the stones’ for Sloane. A catalogue of Balfour’s Library is to be published.
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 (Anita Guerrini, Preston, Charles (16601711), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47084, accessed 18 June 2013]).
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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – February 23, 1700
Item info
Date: February 23, 1700
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 372-373
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Curiosity Reports, Library, Medical, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship
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Subjects
Balfour Library, Botany, Catalogues, Curiosities, Drawings, Stones
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Date (as written)
February 23, 1700
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Edn. [Edinburgh]
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Others mentioned
Sir Andrew Balfour Sir James Balfour Sir Robert Sibbald
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed
Original Page
Transcription
Preston read the most recent Philosophical Transactions. He has some botanical catalogues for Sloane. A stone was found in a woman’s pelvis. He provides ‘figures of the stones’ for Sloane. A catalogue of Balfour’s Library is to be published.
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 (Anita Guerrini, Preston, Charles (16601711), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47084, accessed 18 June 2013]).
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Thomas Hyde to Hans Sloane – November 26, 1700
Item info
Date: November 26, 1700
Author: Thomas Hyde
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 97-98
Original Page
Transcription
Hyde tells Sloane which books he has procured at auction. Sloane owes him 15 shillings. Their mutual acquaintances are doing well.
Hyde was the librarian of the Bodleian Library from 1665 to 1701. He possessed excellent linguistic skills in eastern languages, especially ancient Persian and Arabic (P. J. Marshall, Hyde, Thomas (16361703), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14336, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – February 23, 1700
Item info
Date: February 23, 1700
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 372-373
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Curiosity Reports, Library, Medical, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship
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Subjects
Balfour Library, Botany, Catalogues, Curiosities, Drawings, Stones
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Date (as written)
February 23, 1700
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Edn. [Edinburgh]
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Others mentioned
Sir Andrew Balfour Sir James Balfour Sir Robert Sibbald
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed
Original Page
Transcription
Preston read the most recent Philosophical Transactions. He has some botanical catalogues for Sloane. A stone was found in a woman’s pelvis. He provides ‘figures of the stones’ for Sloane. A catalogue of Balfour’s Library is to be published.
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 (Anita Guerrini, Preston, Charles (16601711), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47084, accessed 18 June 2013]).
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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – February 23, 1700
Item info
Date: February 23, 1700
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 372-373
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Curiosity Reports, Library, Medical, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship
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Subjects
Balfour Library, Botany, Catalogues, Curiosities, Drawings, Stones
-
Date (as written)
February 23, 1700
-
Standardised date
-
Origin (as written)
Edn. [Edinburgh]
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Others mentioned
Sir Andrew Balfour Sir James Balfour Sir Robert Sibbald
-
Patients mentioned
Unnamed
Original Page
Transcription
Preston read the most recent Philosophical Transactions. He has some botanical catalogues for Sloane. A stone was found in a woman’s pelvis. He provides ‘figures of the stones’ for Sloane. A catalogue of Balfour’s Library is to be published.
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 (Anita Guerrini, Preston, Charles (16601711), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47084, accessed 18 June 2013]).