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Abraham de la Pryme to Hans Sloane – August 21, 1700
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Date: August 21, 1700
Author: Abraham de la Pryme
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 55-56
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[fol. 55]
Honourd Sir
I Received Your Letter, & am Glad that you were pleased to think mine Worth Printing, as I have alway’s had ye greatest Respect for your Society that can be, so I shall always account it my Chief happiness to promote its most Worthy & noble Ends & Designs; & to communicate what I know in to your self whose friendship I much value. I will send you the next month, a whole account of the petrifyd shell fish found in ye Quarry of Broughton in Lincolnshire & in ye Country whereabout’s, wich specimens of ye Chief f them, tho’ I cannot promiss that they will be worthy of your acceptance or charge because that I confess I am not very much vers’d in ye Choiseness of such things, tho’ I am a great admirer thereof. Any thing that you please to send will safely come to my hands if you please to direct it for me & send it to Mr Churchil Booksellers in Pater Noster Row & there order it to be put into ye first Bundel f Books that he sends to Mr Rycles Bookseller in Hull.
I am
Your most Humble servant
A de la Pryme
De la Pryme was an antiquary, who established extensive correspondence with other antiquaries such as Nathaniel Johnston, Thomas Gale, Ralph Thoresby, and Sloane. In 1702, on Sloanes proposal, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society (C. E. A. Cheesman, Pryme, Abraham (16711704), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22852, accessed 25 June 2013]).
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Anna Hermann to Hans Sloane – September 25, 1699
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Date: September 25, 1699
Author: Anna Hermann
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 335-336
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Hermann wrote Sloane three months ago and has not received an answer. She writes again to inquire whether she should not simply put the book in the bookseller’s hands as the situation has become such trouble. She begs Sloane for his advice on how to proceed to get her husband’s work finished and published.
Anna Hermann was the wife of Leiden-based physician and botanist Paul Hermann (1646-1695) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hermann).
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – April 13, 1698
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Date: April 13, 1698
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 59-60
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Ray thanks Sloane for sending him plant specimens and Tournefort’s book. He explains that his Supplement was ready to go to press and is already in Mr. Smith’s hands. He apologizes for failing to instruct Smith to not show it to anyone, having forgot there are ‘ill natured’ folk who do not wish Sloane well and might use the transcript to capitalize on his work. He has since instructed Smith to only show the Supplement to Dr. Robinson.
Ray was a theologian and naturalist who collected and catalogued his botanical findings in the much lauded Historia plantarum (1686, 1688) (Scott Mandelbrote, Ray , John (16271705), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23203, accessed 18 June 2013]).
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William Molyneux to Hans Sloane – January 8, 1698
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Date: January 8, 1698
Author: William Molyneux
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 8-9
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Molyneux begins his letter by referring to the enclosed, a thank-you gift for Sloane from Molyneux’s brother. He inquires as to whether a tract of his brother’s on an Irish insect, passed through Mr Locke, ever made it into Sloane’s hands. Molyneux reminds Sloane about his desire to have a copy of Newton’s ‘Phil. Nat. Prin. Math.’, which he hopes Sloane can provide for him.
Molyneux was a philosopher and constitutional writer who became deeply involved in Irish affairs (James G. O’Hara, Molyneux, William (16561698), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18929, accessed 4 July 2011]).
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – July 16, 1697
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Date: July 16, 1697
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 333-334
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[fol. 333] Dear Sr.
I am extreamly oblig’d to you for yr kind letter of ye 18th past & for yr [?] to Mrs Bulifon, they have been to thank me for my recomendations & I hope they will be serviceable to you at their return. As to what you mention of books I have so few besides for my own diversion yt its not worth while to send you a Catalogue, what there is in double you may comand, but ye Prima Della Catholica has had most of them in Botany, from you whom I have to comision to buy all I can lay hands on, & I am willing to spur him on to that study. besides ye Catalogue of his garden printed last year he has above 600 plants graced towards Panphyton diculum, wch I hope shortly to see. had I known what you wanted in voyages whilst in Italy I coud probably have added some to yr numerous & curious collection, having seen severall on yt subject in Italien, Spanish & Portuguese. As to plants I have few in double, having track’d in all places I have found opportunity & made severall presents in hopes of returns; besides the trouble of carriage has very much discouragd me in yt affair I design what I have wth my fruits seeds & books for a publick yse. it is not worth while to think of selling them, nobody will pay ye trouble much less ye charges wch have been considerable had I such thoughts I coud find ten times more for them in this country then in Engld where exoticks bear an extravagant rate. I hear from Mr Bobert yt father Boccones new book is expected from Dantsick; had not I subscribd for 50 copies & furnishd him part of ye money before hand it had not been printed, [?] desire by yr means those of my friends that are not very much pressd to stay till mine arrive, wch I hope will be as soon as those from Dantsick; tis a trick ye father has put upon me after having promised not to send any hither or into Engld he promis’d not to send any hither or into Engld he promised also not to print more then 250 copies but I hear from a freind at venice he has drawn of 400. I had a letter lately from Dr Tournefort who is very busy abt ye traduction of his Elements 2 vol. in 4 to wch he promises me as soon as finishd… Catalogue of ye garden of Montpellier by Mr Magnol as soon as he has finishd this he will print his voyages & then think of others. take this paragraphe of his letter: je viens de recevoir une petite dissertation de Mr Rai qui n’est pas de mon sentiment sur bien de choses. j’espere qu’il sera plus satisfait de l’edition latine, et je me rejouis de ce qu’il ne m’a pas fait de plus fortes objections. Pray any service to Dr. Robinson w’n you see him, if he remembers in what garden he gather’d ye Abies pinum referens &c Plukenet he would oblige me to let me know, I can hear nothing of it here, neither do I find his other Abies fol. subtus viridibus wch ye Dr says is as comon as ye other in ye gardens of Holland. I writ to Mr Petiver some time since about some books, but have not yet heard from him, pray my service to him I should be glad to have an Answer at his leisure. if you have occasion [fol. 334] of Muntings new edition in folio: Historia et Icones Plant. rariones Hort Aursterodad comelini or Dodart memoires in fol. 1676 (for wch Liers asks 50 Gelders) let me know, I shall have occasion of buying 4 of each & perhaps by yt means may have them some thing cheaper then ordinary. if I can serve here you know how to direct & I hope you’ll take ye same freedom with me yt I do wth you on all occasions Il’ll assure you none is more entirely than I yr most faithfull oblig’d serv’t
W.Sherard Hague 16th July 97
Sherard discusses an exchange of botanical books and various developments in the field of botany. A note in Sloane’s hand reads: ‘July 21. 1697. This letter was left at my house yesterday morning as my man tells me & had been opened Hans Sloane’.
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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William Courten (alias Charleton) to Hans Sloane – July 12, 1690
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Date: July 12, 1690
Author: William Courten (alias Charleton)
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 89
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[fol. 89] Middle Temple July ye 12th 1690 Sr. I humbly thanke you for yo’r kind vissit and I am verry glad to heare by yo’r letter which I rece’d this afternoon that you are got safe to Newhall, yo’r kind & ample directions I shall often peruse & put in practise as occasion requires, I thanke God I am at present in a better state of health then when you went out of towne & as as yet I have not ventured to eat flesh but to morrow if I am not feaverish I intend to eat a little chicken broath I cannot expresse how great a sence I have of yo’r reall freindshp [sic] towards me for which I must owne my self for ever obliged to you, that am Sr. Entirely at yor devotion Wm Charleton
William Courten, alias Charleton (1642-1702) was a naturalist and collector. He may have adopted the name Charleton to avoid creditors. Courten befriended Hans Sloane and Tancred Robinson while studying at Montpellier and was well acquainted with other physicians and scientists including Martin LIster and Leonard Plukenet. After his death Courten’s collection came into the hands of Sloane and the latter authored Courten’s epitaph (B. D. Jackson, ‘Courten , William (1642–1702)’, rev. A. J. Turner, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6447, accessed 22 July 2014]).
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William Courten (alias Charleton) to Hans Sloane – June 8, 1690
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Date: June 8, 1690
Author: William Courten (alias Charleton)
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 82-83
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[fol. 82] Middle Temple June ye 8th: 1690 Dear Sr. on Thursday morning I was taken with a kind of lurking feaver & though I have bled 9 ounces & eaten nothing but water gruell & drunk no pure wine yet do I not find any amendment, it was verry unhappy for me that I should be taken ill in yo’r absence being verryly persuaded that had you been here yo’r Company alone would have Contributed much to my recovery. Sr. If her Graces and yo’r own occasions could permit I should be verry glad to see you not knowing how it may please god to dispose of me who must alwayes acknowledge myself Sr Yo’r much obliged humble servant Wm Charleton This morning I bled again 9 ounces but have found no benefit by it
William Courten, alias Charleton (1642-1702) was a naturalist and collector. He may have adopted the name Charleton to avoid creditors. Courten befriended Hans Sloane and Tancred Robinson while studying at Montpellier and was well acquainted with other physicians and scientists including Martin LIster and Leonard Plukenet. After his death Courten’s collection came into the hands of Sloane and the latter authored Courten’s epitaph (B. D. Jackson, ‘Courten , William (1642–1702)’, rev. A. J. Turner, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6447, accessed 22 July 2014]).
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Thomas Ballard to Hans Sloane – May 12, 1690
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Date: May 12, 1690
Author: Thomas Ballard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 78-79
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – January 8, 1689
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Date: January 8, 1689
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 63-64
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[fol. 63] Sr Not long since one Mr Pratt a Gardener a person (as himself told me) well known to you, who now lives with Sr Tho. Willughby son & heir of my worthy friend & benefactor Francis Willughby Esquire, being heer with me, & hearing that you were returned from Jamayca, & had brought over with you among many other naturall rarities diverse seeds not common by you discovered in that & & the neighbouring Islands, engaged me to write to you, to entreat you if you have not already disposed of them, to communicate some part of Sr Thomas, who I know will be very thankfull to you for them. Mr Pratt will take care of them, & part of the product you may command. Being advised by Dr Robinson that my first Letter in answer to yours miscarried I wrote a second, wch I hope came to your hands. I should be glad to hear what progresse you have made in order to the publishing your curious observations & discoveries, whereby you will much oblige the learned Naturallists of this Age, & erect a lasting monument to your memory. I am Sr, Your very humble servant John Ray Black Notley Jan: 8 – 89
Ray was a theologian and naturalist who collected and catalogued his botanical findings in the much lauded Historia plantarum (1686, 1688) (Scott Mandelbrote, Ray , John (16271705), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23203, accessed 18 June 2013]).
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Jemima Grey, Duchess of Kent to Hans Sloane – June 16, [n.d.]
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Date: June 16, [n.d.]
Author: Jemima Grey, Duchess of Kent
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: ff. 340-341
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Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: N/A Jemima Grey, Duchess of Kent
Gender:
Age:1st wife of Henry, Duke of Kent
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Description
Great heat especially in hands and feet, which was "uneasy" to her. Her tongue was also getting worse.
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Diagnosis
Sloane's notes: enem.emolliens.adstr.laud.aq.diascod.pro.ve nala.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment: Taking bark as Sloane ordered, as well as drinking asses milk. Drinking little or no wine.
Response: Free from "that complaint which I made to you" since Mr Graham waited on Sloane. But other problems still bad. Despite remedies, weak and little appetite. Wanted to know more about a diet drink.
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Medical problem reference
Mouth, Skin ailments, Inflammations