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James Wallace to Hans Sloane – December 19, 1700
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Date: December 19, 1700
Author: James Wallace
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 109-110
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Wallace requests news of the Presidential election. He asks for a list of the members of the Royal Society.
James Wallace was a physician.
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Étienne François Geoffroy to Jacques Cassini – September 7, 1700
Item info
Date: September 7, 1700
Author: Étienne François Geoffroy
Recipient: Jacques Cassini
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 63-64
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Library, Royal Society, Scientific, Travel
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Subjects
Botany, Geography, Meridian, Printing, Shells, Weather
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Date (as written)
September 7, 1700
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Paris
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Others mentioned
Edmond Halley Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Pierre Bonnet Bourdelot Abbe Louvois
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Patients mentioned
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Geoffroy consulted Bourdelot to answer Sloane’s questions. He believes Sloane’s catalogue should be annotated and bound with a copy of Vanderlinden’s Scriptis Medicis. Geoffroy will ask Dr Lefevre to do this for him. He was surprised by Halley’s meteorological reportage from the south. MM. Cassini, mathematicians Jean-Dominique Cassini and his son Jaccques Cassini, have left to measure the meridian from Paris to the Pyrenees. They send their best wishes. The shells that Sloane sent from England are surprising. This and other evidence suggest the earth was once covered in water. Geoffroy contemplates what would be covered should water levels rise again. He is preparing to leave for Italy with the Abbe de Louvois. He offers his services to Sloane and the Royal Society. Geoffroy promises to inform Sloane of any interesting observations. They have recently heard from Tournefort, who has sent drawings and descriptions of plants which Geoffroy will try to send before leaving.
Etienne Francois Geoffroy (1672-1731) was an apothecary and physician who studied at Montpellier, like Sloane, and worked at the Jardin du Roi and College Royal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etienne_Francois_Geoffroy).
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Pierre Des Maizeaux to Hans Sloane – September 8 1700
Item info
Date: September 8 1700
Author: Pierre Des Maizeaux
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 65
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Des Maizeaux informs Sloane that he has found the copy of the Philosophical Transactions given to him. He does not need a replacement. He sends his respect, as do MM Dutton.
Des Maizeaux was a French Huguenot writer in exile in London known for his translations of Pierre Bayle as well as publications of his own (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_des_Maizeaux).
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Étienne François Geoffroy to Hans Sloane – February 7, 1700
Item info
Date: February 7, 1700
Author: Étienne François Geoffroy
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 370-371
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Library, Medical, Scholarship, Travel
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Subjects
Arabia, Collecting, Egypt, Greece, Natural History, Plants
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Date (as written)
February 7, 1700
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Paris
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Others mentioned
Abbe Jean Paul Bignon Pierre Bonnet Bourdelot Andre Gundelsheimer Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Monsieur Cassini
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed
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Transcription
Geoffroy details Tournefort’s travel plans, which include stops in Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt and Arabia. Tournefort will study the natural history and plants of each country.
Etienne Francois Geoffroy (1672-1731) was an apothecary and physician who studied at Montpellier, like Sloane, and worked at the Jardin du Roi and College Royal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etienne_Francois_Geoffroy).
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James Harrison to Hans Sloane – June 30, 1700
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Date: June 30, 1700
Author: James Harrison
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 29
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Transcription
Harrison sends three loads of wood in fulfilment of his promise. Sloane has paid for them already.
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Pierre Des Maizeaux to Hans Sloane – March 13, 1700
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Date: March 13, 1700
Author: Pierre Des Maizeaux
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 376
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Transcription
Des Maizeaux thanks Sloane for the books. He writes about articles published in the Philosophical Transactions.
Des Maizeaux was a French Huguenot writer in exile in London known for his translations of Pierre Bayle as well as publications of his own (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_des_Maizeaux).
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Thomas Ferne to Hans Sloane – July 11, 1700
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Date: July 11, 1700
Author: Thomas Ferne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 33-34
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Ferne sends two of Pierre Chirac’s books, which he has already read. He offers his services to Mr Cowper.
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Thomas Hervey to Hans Sloane – March 4, 1700
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Date: March 4, 1700
Author: Thomas Hervey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 375
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Hervey offers an account of a hermaphroditic birth to Sloane and the Royal Society.
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Sigismondo Alberghetti to Hans Sloane – June 30, 1700
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Date: June 30, 1700
Author: Sigismondo Alberghetti
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 27-28
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This certificate of the Academie royale des sciences represents the favourable report of MM. Cassini and De La Hire regarding Sigismondo Alberghetti’s Nuova Artiglieria Veneta.
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) was a French author. He became a member of L’Academie francaise in 1691 and from 1697 he was perpetual secretary to L’Academie des Sciences. Fontenelle was very popular with French high society and his books were widely read (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Le_Bovier_de_Fontenelle).
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James Hay to Hans Sloane – December 19, 1700
Item info
Date: December 19, 1700
Author: James Hay
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 107-108
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Hay introduces himself as someone who has never met Sloane. Mr Modee died and left a significant collection of Greek and Latin books. Modee’s executors wish to sell the books, but will only sell the collection if someone takes it in its entirety. Hay wants to know if Sloane is interested.