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Samuel Newton to Hans Sloane – May 25, 1708
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Date: May 25, 1708
Author: Samuel Newton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 147
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Samuel Newton (bap. 1629, d. 1718) was a politician and diarist (Paul D. Halliday, ‘Newton, Samuel (bap. 1629, d. 1718)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20067, accessed 8 July 2014]).
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John Woodward to Hans Sloane – May 24, 1708
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Date: May 24, 1708
Author: John Woodward
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 145-146
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Woodward writes that Lord Stamford will be in London for the next Royal Society meeting. He hopes a ‘good Number of ye Fellowes might be there’ and entertainment is provided.
Woodward was a physician, natural historian and antiquary who expounded a theory of the earth in which fossils were creatures destroyed by the biblical flood. This embroiled him in a controversy in which he was opposed by John Ray, Edward Llwyd, Martin Lister, and Tancred Robinson (J. M. Levine, “Woodward, John (1665/1668-1728)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29946, accessed 17 June 2011]).
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Christopher Wren to Hans Sloane – May 19, 1708
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Date: May 19, 1708
Author: Christopher Wren
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 142
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Wren sends a catalogue of his collection of Greek medals, which he would like presented to the Royal Society.
Sir Christopher Wren was an architect, mathematician, astronomer, and member of the Royal Society (Kerry Downes, Wren, Sir Christopher (16321723), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30019, accessed 3 June 2011]).
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James Keill to Hans Sloane – May 6, 1708
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Date: May 6, 1708
Author: James Keill
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 140-141
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Keill did not formally attend medical school, but through the patronage of Sloane he obtained the degree of MD from Cambridge. Sloane helped Keill enter into medical practice in Northampton (Anita Guerrini, Keill, James (16731719), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15255, accessed 2 June 2011]).
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James Yonge to Hans Sloane – May 7, 1708
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Date: May 7, 1708
Author: James Yonge
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 136-137
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Yonge describes a plague transmitted from people to horses. He believes it is peripneumonia caused by a wet spring and cold, dry winter. The plague is less prevalent than it was amongst the local people.
James Yonge was a surgeon and physician of Plymouth with experience as a ship’s surgeon. He was a prominent citizen in his native Plymouth and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1702 (Ian Lyle, Yonge, James (16471721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30225, accessed 20 May 2011]).
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Samuel Dale to Hans Sloane – January 18, 1706/07
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Date: January 18, 1706/07
Author: Samuel Dale
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 297
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Dale will not be able to include Sloane and Petiver’s insects in Ray’s ‘History of Insects’ because he does not have the time. He has transcribed much of Willughby’s work and feels the ‘British Itinerary’ should be published independently.
Samuel Dale was an apothecary, botanist, and physician who contributed several articles to the Philosophical Transactions. He was John Ray’s executor and good friend, and from Dale’s letters to Sloane we learn many details of Ray’s final moments (G. S. Boulger, Dale, Samuel (bap. 1659, d. 1739), rev. Juanita Burnby, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7016, accessed 5 July 2013]).
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Patrick Blair to Hans Sloane – April 20 ,1706
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Date: April 20 ,1706
Author: Patrick Blair
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 150
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Blair is glad the papers have arrived and were merely delayed by customs. He asks that Sloane provide his opinion of them. Blair plans on giving full descriptions of ‘all the Plants contain’d in the Manuale’.
Patrick Blair was a botanist and surgeon whose papers were published in the Transactions. In 1715 Blair joined the Jacobite rebellion as a battle surgeon but was captured and condemned to death. He was visited by Sloane in prison in the hopes the latter might secure a pardon. Sloane was successful and the pardon arrived shortly before Blair’s scheduled execution (Anita Guerrini, Blair, Patrick (c.16801728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2568, accessed 31 May 2011]).
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Samuel Dale to Hans Sloane – April 19, 1706
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Date: April 19, 1706
Author: Samuel Dale
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 148-149
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Dale is worried the papers he sent were miscarried because he did not receive a reply from Sloane and they were not published in the Philosophical Transactions. The papers are from Ray’s library and contain information on Marchetti’s dissections at Padua.
Samuel Dale was an apothecary, botanist, and physician who contributed several articles to the Philosophical Transactions. He was John Ray’s executor and good friend, and from Dale’s letters to Sloane we learn many details of Ray’s final moments (G. S. Boulger, Dale, Samuel (bap. 1659, d. 1739), rev. Juanita Burnby, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7016, accessed 5 July 2013]).
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William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – April 18, 1706
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Date: April 18, 1706
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 146-147
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Musgrave asks Sloane to procure the best edition of ‘Colius Aurelianus’ he can find, so long as it is reasonably priced.
William Musgrave, Senior was a physician, antiquary, and Fellow of the Royal Society. He acted as second secretary to the Royal Society and edited several volumes of the Philosophical Transactions (Alick Cameron, Musgrave, William (16551721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19668, accessed 8 July 2013]).
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Samuel Dale to Hans Sloane – October 8, 1705
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Date: October 8, 1705
Author: Samuel Dale
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 75-76
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Dale has been going through Ray’s papers. He sends a couple of curious accounts for the Philosophical Transactions. The first is about a boy’s bones and the second regarding a dissection performed by Dr Marchetti in Padua.
Samuel Dale was an apothecary, botanist, and physician who contributed several articles to the Philosophical Transactions. He was John Ray’s executor and good friend, and from Dale’s letters to Sloane we learn many details of Ray’s final moments (G. S. Boulger, Dale, Samuel (bap. 1659, d. 1739), rev. Juanita Burnby, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7016, accessed 5 July 2013]).