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Margaret Ray to Hans Sloane – February 19, 1705/06
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Date: February 19, 1705/06
Author: Margaret Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 132
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Ray thanks Sloane for his kindness in the wake of her husband’s death. She has endured financial hardship as a result of his long sickness. She asks Sloane to offer her services to Mr Willoughby.
Margaret Ray (nee Oakley) was the wife of John Ray, the naturalist and theologian (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 21 May 2011]).
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Abraham Hill to Hans Sloane – February 6, 1705/06
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Date: February 6, 1705/06
Author: Abraham Hill
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 131
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[fol. 131] feb 6. 1705 Sr, If I could with the inclosed medal send its interpretation it might be worth your acceptance. however pray let it have a place in your excellent Collection as a small present from Sr Yr most humble servt Abr Hill Dr Sloane
Abraham Hill (bap. 1635 d.1722) was Secretary to the Royal Society. He managed its correspondence (Lotte Mulligan, ‘Hill, Abraham (bap. 1635, d. 1722)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13265, accessed 9 July 2015]).
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Ralph Thoresby to Hans Sloane – February 7, 1705/06
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Date: February 7, 1705/06
Author: Ralph Thoresby
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 128
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Material Culture, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship, Social
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Subjects
Antiquities, Coins, Correspondence, Numismatics, Roman Monuments, York
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Date (as written)
February 7, 1705/06
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Leedes
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Others mentioned
Duke of Marlborough Martin Lister
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Patients mentioned
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Thoresby has not heard from Sloane since 1704. He is not sure if his letters regarding Roman coins made it to Sloane. Thoresby has not seen any Philosophical Transactions since that year and asks Sloane to send copies to him. He asks if Dr Lister has written anything regarding the Roman monument found at York.
Thoresby was an antiquary and topographer. He expanded his fathers Musaeum Thoresbyanum impressively, and his collection brought him into discussion with many important political and scholarly figures (P. E. Kell, Thoresby, Ralph (16581725), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27334, accessed 27 June 2013]).
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John Moore to Hans Sloane – January 16, 1705/06
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Date: January 16, 1705/06
Author: John Moore
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 126-127
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Moore asks to borrow the book on French surgery Sloane recommended so he knows what to look for at the booksellers’ shops.
Moore was the Bishop of Ely (Peter Meadows, Moore, John (16461714), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19126, accessed 25 June 2013]).
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John McBride to Hans Sloane – January 25, 1705/06
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Date: January 25, 1705/06
Author: John McBride
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 122-123
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McBride recommends the bearers, John Pollock and William Rogers.
John McBride (ca. 1650-1718) was Minister of the Presbyterian General Synod of Ulster and a religious controversialist (D. W. Hayton, ‘McBride, John (c.1650–1718)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17361, accessed 14 June 2011]).
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William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – January 24, 1705/06
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Date: January 24, 1705/06
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 116-121
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Musgrave relays a detailed description of an engine used to dredge the bottom of the River Exe. He includes illustrations. The device was invented by a watchmaker named Hawkins.
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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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – January 19, 1706
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Date: January 19, 1706
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 112-113
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Curiosity Reports, Medical, Philosophical Transactions, Scientific
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Subjects
Botany, Curiosities, Gardens, Holland, Plants, Seeds, Specimens
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Date (as written)
January 19, 1706
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Edr [Edinburgh]
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Others mentioned
Mr Smith James Sutherland Dr Sandilands
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Patients mentioned
Unnamed Boy
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Preston received a repository of all the rare plants from the finest gardens in Holland. He sends the most curious entries to Sloane and requests all of the Philosophical Transactions from 1703 to the present.
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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John Covel to Hans Sloane – January 1, 1705/06
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Date: January 1, 1705/06
Author: John Covel
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 106-107
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Covel thanks Sloane for his favours. He asks for another on behalf of a friend, Francis Vigani, who wants to fill the vacant chemist’s position at Apothecary Hall.
John Covel (Colvill, Covell) (1638-1722) attended Christ’s College Cambridge, obtaining a BA in 1658 and MA in 1659. He studied medicine and then served in office at Constantinople beginning in 1672. During this time, Covel collected paintings, coins, medals, books, curiosities, and manuscripts while studying the Greek Church. He returned to England and eventually became the master of Christ’s College and keeping up correspondence with may English scholars. ((Elisabeth Leedham-Green, Covel , John (16381722), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6471, accessed 4 July 2011]).
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Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane – December 11, 1701
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Date: December 11, 1701
Author: Stephen Gray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 274-275
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Gray received Sloane’s query regarding the bones discovered at Chartham. His brother has illustrations of what was there uncovered. Gray encloses a drawing of the bones (Sloane MS 4038 fol. 275). The most recent Philosophical Transactions discussed the bones.
Gray was an experimental philosopher who established a rapport with the Royal Society and Royal Greenwich Observatory, published articles in the Transactions, and experimented with electricity (Michael Ben-Chaim, Gray, Stephen (bap. 1666, d. 1736), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11354, accessed 26 June 2013]).
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Charles Leigh to Hans Sloane – November 16, 1701
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Date: November 16, 1701
Author: Charles Leigh
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 265-266
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Leigh has a small, but choice, collection for Sloane. His brother may be contacted at Squire’s Coffeehouse. Leigh will publish his Appendix at Christmas and asks Sloane to aid in the recruitment of subscribers.
Leigh was a physician and naturalist. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1685 (C. W. Sutton, Leigh, Charles (16621701?), rev. Michael Bevan, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16377, accessed 25 June 2013]).