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Jezreel Jones to Hans Sloane – July 14, 1702
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Date: July 14, 1702
Author: Jezreel Jones
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 9-10
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Jones apologizes for neglecting Sloane and promises not to do it again. He also apologizes for leaving his things in disarray. Jones’ ‘Grace’ is doing very well. He relates his trip to, and arrival in, Dartmouth.
Jezreel Jones was a traveler and diplomat known for his Arabic skills. He was elected clerk to the Royal Society in 1698 and chosen as British envoy to Morocco in 1704 (Elizabeth Baigent, Jones, Jezreel (d. 1731), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15022, accessed 3 July 2013]).
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Humfrey Wanley to Hans Sloane – June 12, 1702
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Date: June 12, 1702
Author: Humfrey Wanley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 351-352
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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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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – May 2, 1702
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Date: May 2, 1702
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 337-338
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Preston is glad that Sloane got Charleton’s collection and has decided to keep it together. He had sent Sloane a Latin work in April and is worried it has not arrived. He sends some natural curiosities, books, and plant specimens, the latter of which are to be forwarded to Ray. Preston details the contents of the box of curiosities and books.
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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John Beaumont to Hans Sloane – May 2, 1702
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Date: May 2, 1702
Author: John Beaumont
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 336
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Beaumont visited Bristol and saw the collection of the late Mr Cole. Mr Lloyd recently came from Oxford and catalogued it. Beaumont hopes that Gresham College would be interested in procuring the collection and keeping it in a repository.
John Beaumont was a natural philosopher, geologist, translator, and writer who contributed specimens to the Royal Society’s collection (Scott Mandelbrote, Beaumont, John (c.16401731), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1876, accessed 1 Sept 2011]).
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – May 23, 1702
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Date: May 23, 1702
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 347-348
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Richardson sends a box of fossils. They are to be picked up at the White Horse Inn in Cripplegate. He discusses a disagreement he had with Dr Woodward, who felt that he did not get enough time with the coal plants before they were sent to Sloane. Richardson notes the names of some of the flowers, which include: ‘Carduns… Jacea… [and] Ficoides Knife’.
Richardson was a physician and botanist who traveled widely in England, Wales, and Scotland in search of rare specimens. He corresponded and exchanged plants with many well-known botanists and naturalists (W. P. Courtney, Richardson, Richard (16631741), rev. Peter Davis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23576, accessed 31 May 2011]).
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Edward Lhwyd to Hans Sloane – May 19, 1702
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Date: May 19, 1702
Author: Edward Lhwyd
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 346
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Lhwyd thanks Sloane for the letter and gift. He discusses his dissatisfaction with something he found in the Philosophical Transactions: a figure of the ‘Palat Stone’. Lhwyd had previously laid this dissatisfaction aside, but he decided to inform Sloane that he takes issue with it.
Edward Lhwyd (1659/60-1709) was a naturalist and philologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1708. Sir Hans Sloane described him as the best naturalist in Europe (Brynley F. Roberts, Lhuyd , Edward (1659/60?1709), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16633, accessed 26 June 2013]).
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Humfrey Wanley to Hans Sloane – May 1, 1702
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Date: May 1, 1702
Author: Humfrey Wanley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 335
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Wanley apologizes for breaking his promise, explaining that the Royal Society has given him a task and deadline that has keep him very busy. He details this schedule and writes that he will try to wait on him on Monday.
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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Edward Lhwyd to Hans Sloane – December 10, 1703
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Date: December 10, 1703
Author: Edward Lhwyd
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 222
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Lhwyd thanks Sloane for his gift to the museum, writing that it will be displayed in a window. He will send Sloane any subscriptions they receive. He asks Sloane to talk to Mr Walter on his behalf.
Edward Lhwyd (1659/60-1709) was a naturalist and philologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1708. Sir Hans Sloane described him as the best naturalist in Europe (Brynley F. Roberts, Lhuyd , Edward (1659/60?1709), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16633, accessed 26 June 2013]).
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Paul Chamberlen to Hans Sloane – April 21, 1702
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Date: April 21, 1702
Author: Paul Chamberlen
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 328-329
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Chamberlen recommends the bearer, Mr Wilkins, for instances in which the Royal Society needs a corpse preserved for the repository at Gresham College. Chamberlen claims Wilkins is very skilled and even has one specimen that has aged 15 years without putrefaction.
Paul Chamberlen was a quack doctor best known for the ‘anodyne necklace’ he sold to ease pain in childbirth. He had several high profile patrons including the Duchess of Hamilton (Helen King, Chamberlen family (per. c.1600c.1730), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/58754, accessed 27 June 2013]).
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Abraham de la Pryme to Hans Sloane – April 13, 1702
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Date: April 13, 1702
Author: Abraham de la Pryme
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 324-325
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De la Pryme had written to Sloane the previous month, relaying an account of a man bitten by a mad dog. He does not know if Sloane received it. The Philosophical Transactions have not arrived. Nor has the book Sloane ordered for him, written by Count Marsigli.
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]).