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John Ray to Hans Sloane – February 21, 1695
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Date: February 21, 1695
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 227-228
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Ray asks Sloane to clarify some of the points made in the papers he sent for Ray’s review. He outlines the issues he has 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 – February 12, 1695
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Date: February 12, 1695
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 226
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Ray read over Sloane’s papers and found some ‘Typographicall Errata’ in the text. Most of the problems were with ‘the Greek words’ used therein. He admires Sloane’s ‘patient in turning over so many Voyages & Relations of Travellers, besides Herbarists & other Authors, & making Collections out of them, & that to so good purpose, to correct mistakes, to clear up difficulties & obscurities’.
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 – February 3, 1694
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Date: February 3, 1694
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 222-223
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Ray thanks Sloane for the information he sent, but he cannot make use of it until his own work is published, ‘lest I should in any measure prejudice the sale’. Ray is certain Sloane cleared up the obscurities in Hernandez’s work and would like to see the result. He believes ‘the six last volumes of the Hortus Nababaricus & Plumiers first Vol.’ have been published, but he has not seen them yet. Ray has been reading ‘a little Treatise concerning the Method of Plants’ which is ‘an answer to wt Monsr Tournefort hath objected against’. He is working on his History of Insects and his wife sends her best.
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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Thomas Kirke to Hans Sloane – March 17, 1694
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Date: March 17, 1694
Author: Thomas Kirke
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 197-198
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Kirke travelled to a nitrous spring to examine its waters. He and his chemist took samples with which they experimented. Any discoveries will be forwarded to the Royal Society. Kirke writes of the undertaking in some detail.
Thomas Kirke (1650-1706) was an antiquary and topographer. He was a elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1693 and published his work in the Philosophical Transactions (Clare Jackson, ‘Kirke, Thomas (1650–1706)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15666, accessed 3 July 2014]).
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Godfrey Copley to Hans Sloane – October 5, 1696
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Date: October 5, 1696
Author: Godfrey Copley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 268
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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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Richard Waller to Hans Sloane – November 26, 1694
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Date: November 26, 1694
Author: Richard Waller
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 194
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Waller explains that his residing in the country keeps him from contributing to the Royal Society as he should. He speculates that his holding a prominent post in the Society is preventing another able person from advancing the its interests. Waller ‘would not, like ye Dog in ye Manger, keep a more usefull Member out’. He proposes Dr Aglionby as a suitable candidate and promises to be present for the ‘Election on St Andrews day in ye mean time’.
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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Francis Bernard to Hans Sloane – November 10, 1694
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Date: November 10, 1694
Author: Francis Bernard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 190-191
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Francis Bernard (bap. 1628, d. 1698) was an apothecary and physician. He worked at St Bartholomew’s Hospital from 1661 and was noted for his labours during the great plague of 1665. He was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1680. Bernard had a large library with books in Greek, Latin, French, and Italian (Juanita Burnby, ‘Bernard, Francis (bap. 1628, d. 1698)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2241, accessed 23 July 2014]).
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Godfrey Copley to Hans Sloane – November 3, 1694
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Date: November 3, 1694
Author: Godfrey Copley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 188-189
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Patronage, Philosophical Transactions, Scholarship, Scientific
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Subjects
Birds, Books, Food, Maps, Ornithology, Surveying
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Date (as written)
November 3, 1694
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Sprotbrough near Doncaster
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Others mentioned
Robert Southwell
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Patients mentioned
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Godfrey explains he will be stuck in Sprotbrough all winter. He asks Sloane to send him a copy of the Transactions. Godfrey’s wife ‘beggs [Sloane] will send her ye receipt of Making Bacon like yt of Westphalia’. He wants Sloane to purchase a copy of ‘Traite du mouvement des Eaux et des Autres Corps fluides’ by Monsieur Mariotte for him. Godfrey was busy ‘Building & surveying’ so as to ‘make a much more exact Map of this part’. He examined a ‘large Wild Duck’ the other day and was fascinated by its physiology. He discusses the bird in some detail. Godfrey gives his service to Sir Robert Southwell and asks Sloane to let him know of any new books he ‘received from beyond sea’.
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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John Flamsteed to Hans Sloane – November 2, 1694
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Date: November 2, 1694
Author: John Flamsteed
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 187
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Flamsteed ‘brought an headach home wth’ him from London, where the weather was ‘cold & foggy’. He wrote a friend regarding a paper on ‘Magnetisme’ and expects a reply at the next meeting.
Flamsteed was an astronomer, had a crucial role in the founding the of the Royal Observatory, and participated in academic debates relating to astronomy (Frances Willmoth, Flamsteed, John (16461719), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9669, accessed 21 June 2013]).
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Robert Cotton, 5th Baronet to Hans Sloane – September 5, 1694
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Date: September 5, 1694
Author: Robert Cotton, 5th Baronet
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 183-184
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Cotton received a letter from Mr Broughton, which is addressed to Dr Rose. Cotton sent the letter to Mrs Rose. He thanks Sloane for his services and advice.
Sir Robert Cotton, 5th Baronet (1669-1749) was a Jacobite and involved in the 1715 rebellion. He lived in exile in France before returning to England (Stuart Handley, ‘Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce, first baronet (1571–1631)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6425, accessed 23 July 2014]; Sir Robert Cotton, fifth baronet (1669–1749): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6424).