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John Craig to Hans Sloane – April 8, 1708
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Date: April 8, 1708
Author: John Craig
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 126
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[fol. 126] Sir The great civility you have often expressed by inserting some of my Mathematical Tracts into the philosophical Transactions, does make me presume to beg the favour of you to do the same with this inlclos’d. I desire you would not shew it to any person privately, except to Sr Isaac Newton, to whom I have written a letter acquainting him that such a thing is in your hands & desiring that he would be pleas’d to examine it before you produce it at a meeting of the Member of the R. S. And because it is design’d to obviate Mr Bernoulli’s objections against my solution to his problem) printed in the phil: Trans: of Jan: 1704; therefore I earnestly intreate you that (if it be judg’d worthy of its room in the Trans:) it may be published in the Transaction for this present month; I have good reason (which I need not trouble you with) for being so pressing to have it speedily printed, & hoping you will answer my earnest request I remain with great sincerity Sir your most humble & obliged servant Jo: Craig Gillingham 3 April: 1708
John Craig (c. 1663-1731) was a mathematician and Church of England clergyman (Andrew I. Dale, ‘Craig, John (c.1663–1731)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6577, accessed 23 July 2014]).
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Godfrey Copley to Hans Sloane – February 6, 1694
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Date: February 6, 1694
Author: Godfrey Copley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 205-206
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Copley asks Sloane to procure bottles of German spa water to help with his wife’s stomach ailment. He thanks Sloane for his last letter and expects he will receive the books ‘on Satturyday next, for ye Acct of Parlmt I desire’.
Sir Godfrey Copley was a politician and active member of the Royal Society. He was elected a Fellow of the latter in 1691 (C. I. McGrath, Copley, Sir Godfrey, second baronet (c.16531709), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6269, accessed 24 June 2013]).
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Christopher Merret to Hans Sloane – September 15, 1696
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Date: September 15, 1696
Author: Christopher Merret
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 259
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Merret thanks Sloane for his favours and the hospitality shown him while he visited London. He asks how he can be of service to Sloane and writes of some plant specimens he has procured.
Christopher Merret was a physician, natural philosopher, and worked as the Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians (D. E. Allen, ‘Merret , Christopher (1614–1695)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2013 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18599, accessed 12 May 2015]).
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John Northleigh to Hans Sloane – August 23, 1696
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Date: August 23, 1696
Author: John Northleigh
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 257-258
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Northleigh thanks Sloane for his last letter and wishes ‘mr Hally a good voyage & variety of observations’. He is eager to see Signor Malpighi because he ‘had a correspondence with him when In Italy’. Northleigh had sent a treatise ‘Concerning the Structure of the Cuticula’ to Sloane and reminds him of its content.
John Northleigh (1656/7-1705) was a physician and pamphleteer. He trained as a lawyer before studying medicine and setting up a practice in Exeter. Northleigh published several works on contemporary politics (Andrew M. Coleby, ‘Northleigh, John (1656/7–1705)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20331, accessed 9 July 2014]).
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – August 15, 1696
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Date: August 15, 1696
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 256
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Ray thanks Sloane for lending his papers. He discusses his latest botanical work in great detail.
Ray was a theologian and naturalist who collected and catalogued his botanical findings in the much lauded Historia plantarum (1686, 1688) (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 18 June 2013]).
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – August 5, 1696
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Date: August 5, 1696
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 248-249
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Ray thanks Sloane for assisting him and discusses his latest botanical work regarding capillary plants and ferns.
Ray was a theologian and naturalist who collected and catalogued his botanical findings in the much lauded Historia plantarum (1686, 1688) (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 18 June 2013]).
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Name: N/A John Ray
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Age:69 years old.
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Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment: Milk and milkmeats; as well as sarsaparilla.
Response: Ray claims that the milk and milk products seem to be helping and thanks Sloane for the Sarsaparilla, but does not specify whether it has been working or not.
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – July 22, 1696
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Date: July 22, 1696
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 246-247
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Ray solicits Sloane’s expertise in understanding a botanical matter, which is described in great detail.
Ray was a theologian and naturalist who collected and catalogued his botanical findings in the much lauded Historia plantarum (1686, 1688) (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 18 June 2013]).
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William Wotton to Hans Sloane – July 1, 1696
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Date: July 1, 1696
Author: William Wotton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 242-243
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Wotton praises Sloane’s ‘Catalogue of ye Jamaican Plants’ and admits his ‘thirst to see ye Natural History of Jamaica finished by you’.
Wotton was a child prodigy, having received his BA from Oxford at the age of nine. He mastered several languages and fields of inquiry and became a member of the Royal Society in 1687 as well as being ordained in 1689. He published many works on history, theology, culture, and politics and contributed to the Philosophical Transactions (David Stoker, Wotton, William (16661727), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30005, accessed 14 June 2011]).
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John Northleigh to Hans Sloane – March 17, 1695/96
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Date: March 17, 1695/96
Author: John Northleigh
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 231-232
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Northleigh asks about the status of some papers he submitted to the Royal Society for publication. He is having difficulties getting a straight answer from the Society as to their whereabouts. He requests the papers be sent to Lion’s Inn so that he can retrieve them if they are not to be printed.
John Northleigh (1656/7-1705) was a physician and pamphleteer. He trained as a lawyer before studying medicine and setting up a practice in Exeter. Northleigh published several works on contemporary politics (Andrew M. Coleby, ‘Northleigh, John (1656/7–1705)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20331, accessed 9 July 2014]).
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David Gregory to Hans Sloane – March 10, 1695/96
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Date: March 10, 1695/96
Author: David Gregory
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 230
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Gregory updates Sloane on the status of some books the latter had sent to Scotland, reproducing a letter sent to establish their whereabouts. He hopes they are returned to Sloane soon.
Gregory was a mathematician and astronomer who published the first astronomy textbook to integrate Newton’s gravitational theory (Anita Guerrini, Gregory, David (16591708), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11456, accessed 24 June 2013]).