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William Sheridan to Hans Sloane – January 2, 1707/08
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Date: January 2, 1707/08
Author: William Sheridan
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 81-82
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Sheridan asks Sloane for one more visit.
William Sheridan (1635-1711) was a nonjuring clergyman and Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh for the Church of Ireland. He moved to London in the 1690s and lived near other nonjurors, impoverished and in poor health (Richard Bagwell, rev. James McGuire, “Sheridan, William (1635-1711)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25373, accessed 28 Jan 2010]).
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Richard Waller to Hans Sloane – November 29, 1707
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Date: November 29, 1707
Author: Richard Waller
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 79-80
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Waller regrets that he was not able to attend the Royal Society election.
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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Robert Sibbald to Hans Sloane – November 24, 1707
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Date: November 24, 1707
Author: Robert Sibbald
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 75-76
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Sibbald has entrusted a friend in London to show Sloane a catalogue of his books he is selling. He asks that Sloane let him know which books he would like to buy and for what price. The bearer is Mr Gulon.
Sibbald was a physician and a geographer. He was physician to James VII (Charles W. J. Withers, Sibbald, Sir Robert (16411722), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25496, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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George Hickes to Hans Sloane – April 25, 1700
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Date: April 25, 1700
Author: George Hickes
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 6
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George Hickes (1642-1715) was a bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and Anglo-Saxon scholar (Theodor Harmsen, ‘Hickes, George (1642–1715)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13203, accessed 21 June 2011]).
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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – November 6, 1707
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Date: November 6, 1707
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 56-57
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Preston recommends the bearer, Dr Fountain.
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 1 June 2011]).
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Samuel Dale to Hans Sloane – October 27, 1707
Item info
Date: October 27, 1707
Author: Samuel Dale
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 46-47
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Library, Scholarship, Social
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Subjects
Books, Entomology, Fossils, Gifts, Insects, Jamaica, Natural History, Specimens
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Date (as written)
October 27, 1707
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Braintree
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Others mentioned
Robert Hooke John Ray
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Patients mentioned
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[fol. 47] Braintree Oct. 27 1707
Sr
Herewith you will Receive your Collection of Hook’s Papers for the loan of which I return you thanks; I intended it should have been Accompanied with Harwick fossells, and Mr Rays Insects but my time hath not permitted me to put the names to them, and therefore have reather chosse to omit them, then to seem ungratefull in not sooner acknowledging you extraordinary kindness in the valuable present of your book which I received very safe and return my most hearty thanks for it. assuring you that I am Sr Your obliged humble sert S: Dale
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 – June 2, 1707
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Date: June 2, 1707
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 369-370
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Musgrave has received the money and will return the ‘Celius Auralianus’. He gives Sloane a list of books he would like to purchase.
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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Peter Silvestre to Hans Sloane – October 5, 1707
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Date: October 5, 1707
Author: Peter Silvestre
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 33
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[fol. 33]
Octob: ye 5. 1707.
Sir
An Eminent Merchant has given me the Inclosed Account, he has received from Liege. He is ordered to have the Advice of three Physicians. I have named you and Dr. Gath Pray read the Paper with attention, and let me know to morrow morning when you can spare an hour, that we may meet together. I could wish Tuesday or Thursday in the Afternoon: but i leave it At your choice. I have sent Dr. Garth another Copy like this, and when you have appointed the time And place of our meeting, i shall not fayl to give him noticeI am Sir Your most obedient humble servant P. Silvestre
Peter Silvestre (d. 1718) was a Fellow of the Royal Society and co-editor of Saint-Evremond’s works (Elizabeth Grist, ‘Rainbow Coffee House group (act. 1702–1730)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/94590, accessed 14 June 2011]).
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William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – September 24, 1707
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Date: September 24, 1707
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 29-30
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Musgrave asks Sloane to assist his neighbour, Mr Reynolds. The latter’s man is in London and would like to view the ‘Mela’ manuscripts. This will help Reynolds in the publication of his book of maps.
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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Martin Lister to Hans Sloane – September 21, 1707
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Date: September 21, 1707
Author: Martin Lister
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 23-24
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Lister does not intend to sell his collection of bells and plates during his lifetime. He plans on leaving them for the museum at Oxford. He is willing to make an exception for Sloane and offers to sell them for £150.
Lister was a physician and naturalist who was honored by being appointed second physician to the queen in 1710. He wrote and published several medical and natural history works, some of which appeared in Philosophical Transactions, as well as serving as vice-president of the Royal Society briefly in 1685-1686 (J. D. Woodley, Lister, Martin (bap. 1639, d. 1712), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16763, accessed 11 May 2011]).