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Godfrey Copley to Hans Sloane – January 19, 1694
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Date: January 19, 1694
Author: Godfrey Copley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 203-204
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Copley thanks Sloane for the copies of the Philosophical Transactions and requests more books. In particular, he wants to know if ‘Camdens Britannia be come out’. He asks if Sloane knows anyone interested in acquiring lodging in the Temple. Mr Sanderson, an attorney, has the keys to the building, which is ‘ye Low Leaded building in fig tree court’.
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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David Hartley, (bap.1705, d.1757), philosopher and physician. Practised medicine in Newark after obtaining a BA and MA from Jesus College, Cambridge. He was interested in inoculations for small pox and published on the controversial subject.
Reference:
Richard C. Allen, ‘Hartley, David (bap. 1705, d. 1757)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12494, accessed 14 Aug 2015]).
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – April 11, 1699
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Date: April 11, 1699
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 246-247
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Sherard is glad that Krieg and Vernon are in London again. He asks Sloane to be one of their subscribers in his stead, so as to improve his collection. He mentions the work of amateur Italian botanists as well as ‘P. Kammeli’, which refers to the Jesuit priest and botanist Georg Joseph Kamel, who works in the Philippines. Sherard discusses some books received as well as those he intends to buy. He may travel more in future and outlines his tentative plans. He includes a list of books he has procured.
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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Richard Waller to Hans Sloane – April 11, 1699
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Date: April 11, 1699
Author: Richard Waller
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 249-250
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Waller read over Sloane’s suggestions for the Parisian Academie’s rules and regulations. Waller worries that the Royal Society, comprised wholly of volunteers, ‘will be unwilling to be too much confined and obliged’ to the particulars of Sloane’s recommendations. He discusses the potential effects of the proposed regulations on the publishing of scientific treatises.
Richard Waller was a natural philosopher and translator who worked as the Royal Society’s secretary. He also served on its council and edited the Philosophical Transactions (Lotte Mulligan, Waller, Richard (c.16601715), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48707, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, was a politician who served as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland under James II. He went into self-imposed exile to avoid arrest after falling on the wrong side of the Glorious Revolution (1688), but returned to parliamentary politics in the 1690s.
Reference:
W. A. Speck, ‘Hyde, Henry, second earl of Clarendon (1638-1709)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2012 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14329 [accessed 9 July 2013]).
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Joseph Ames (bap.1687, d.1759) bibliographer and antiquary, elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743. He was admitted to the Society of antiquaries and contributed to their Thursday meetings. He frequented university libraries as well as those of the members of both societies.
Reference:
Robin Myers, ‘Ames, Joseph (bap. 1687, d. 1759)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/439 [accessed 13 Aug 2015]).
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Posted on April 25, 2017 by Amy Smith -
George Harbin (c. 1665-1744), was a nojuror and a historical writer. Harbin studied English History and genealogy, and became very knowledgeable in both areas.
Reference:
John Findon, ‘Harbin, George (c.1665–1744)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12231 [accessed 15 July 2015])
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Posted on April 25, 2017 by Amy Smith -
Mary Glethworth was the daughter of the wealthy Richard Elborow and mother of James Petiver.
Reference:
D. E. Allen, ‘Petiver, James (c.1665–1718)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22041 [accessed 15 July 2015]).
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Alexander Stuart to Hans Sloane – July 24, 1702
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Date: July 24, 1702
Author: Alexander Stuart
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 11
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[fol. 11] Fort St. George July 24 1702.
Much honoured Sir I presume to give you this truble of this letter to acknowledge your manyfold favours and to present you my humble respects with this short acct of our voyage hithertill. The fifth of March we sailed out of the Downs, Touched at Modora the 24th, And made the Cape of Good-Hope May 31st. Whence we arrived here to day in about five Moneths from England which is reckoned a good passage, all our Company blessed be God in good health and none missing. We are Bound hence in a few dayes for Bengala and thence its like for Malacca. I have nothing so remarkable or Curious in our Voyage hithertill as to be worth your while to read. If any thing occurs dureing our stay in the Indies I shall hold my self very happy if and acct thereof at any time shall be any wayes acceptable to you, being with humble Respect Much Honoured Sir Your most humble and obliged servt Alexander Stuart
Stuart was a physician and natural philosopher. He served as a ship’s surgeon from 1701-1707 and corresponded with Sloane while at sea, sending him natural history specimens. Stuart contributed articles to the Philosophical Transactions from the 1720s, mostly on physiology (Anita Guerrini, Stuart, Alexander (1673?1742), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47081, accessed 3 July 2013]).
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Elizabeth Buddle was the wife of Adam Buddle (bap. 1662, d. 1715).
Reference:
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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