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John Ray to Hans Sloane – November 17, 1685
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Date: November 17, 1685
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 17
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Ray discusses gardening and soil and writes of an exchange of plant specimens. 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 11, 1684
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Date: February 11, 1684
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 10-11
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Enclosed with the letter are some plants for Sloane’s examination, some of which he unfortunately dropped and trampled on in the candlelight without realizing it. The letter goes on to discuss the specimens in 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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Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine to Leonard Plukenet – March 14, 1681/2
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Date: March 14, 1681/2
Author: Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine
Recipient: Leonard Plukenet
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 8
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News and gossip re. mutual acquaintances. Somewhat difficult to read owing to the letter being torn. Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine, was MP for Old Sarum and although his privy chamber office ended with the death of Charles II, he held local offices in Middlesex through the 1680s and 90s. In 1705, he published ‘The History and antiquities of the town and church of Tottenham’ (Nicholas Doggett, Hare, Henry, second Baron Coleraine (bap. 1636, d. 1708), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12299, accessed 8 July 2013]).
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Charles Leigh to Hans Sloane – n.d.
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Date: n.d.
Author: Charles Leigh
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: ff. 386-387
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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]).
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Hans Sloane to Unknown – March 5, 1695
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Date: March 5, 1695
Author: Hans Sloane
Recipient: Unknown
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4075
Folio: f. 232
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Thomas Hobbs (1648-1698) was a surgeon and physician. He ‘succeeded Thomas Hollier as a lithotomist at St Bartholomew’s in December 1680′ (G. C. R. Morris, ‘Hobbs, Thomas (1648–1698)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/61125, accessed 2 July 2014]).
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William Molyneux to Hans Sloane – November 13, 1697
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Date: November 13, 1697
Author: William Molyneux
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 367-368
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Molyneux informs Sloane that he has sent a package via the Christopher, bound for London. He will have a sketch of an unspecified place drawn up and sent within the week. Molyneux discusses Newton’s work and mathematical scholarship.
Molyneux was a philosopher and constitutional writer who became deeply involved in Irish affairs (James G. O’Hara, ‘Molyneux, William (1656–1698)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18929, accessed 4 July 2011]).
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Charles Goodall to Hans Sloane – November 26, 1697
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Date: November 26, 1697
Author: Charles Goodall
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 375-376
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Goodall asks if Sloane has any knowledge of the internal use of ‘Cantharides’ or dried beetles. He asks for references to any authors that may mention it, and tells Sloane that he will be doubly thankful if Sloane gets an answer to him quickly.
Charles Goodall was a physician, academic, and member of the Royal College of Physicians, working for the latter on occasion (Harold J. Cook, Goodall, Charles (c.16421712), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10949, accessed 18 June 2013]).
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John Hudson to Hans Sloane – October 19, 1701
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Date: October 19, 1701
Author: John Hudson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 257-258
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Hudson returns Sloane’s catalogue, apologizing for his tardiness. He discusses the books in the catalogue and asks, on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, for Sloane to lend the College books. He asks for Pliny’s Epistles, which were ‘not in the Norfolk-Library’.
John Hudson (1662-1719) was elected librarian of the Bodleian Library in 1701. He corresponded with numerous scholars and librarians, both in England and abroad (Theodor Harmsen, Hudson, John (16621719), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2013 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14034, accessed 27 June 2013]).
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – September 18, 1700
Item info
Date: September 18, 1700
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 70-71
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Scholarship, Scientific, Social, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Books, Gifts, Gratitude, Religion, Sugar
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Date (as written)
September 18, 1700
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Black Notley
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Others mentioned
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort Jacob Bobart William Sherard
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Patients mentioned
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Ray thanks Sloane for his recent gift of sugar. He sends Sloane Tournefort’s ‘Institutions’ and discusses Bobart’s work and Sherard’s collections. Ray sends a small gift: his short work, ‘A Persuasive to a Holy Life’.
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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Arthur Charlett to Hans Sloane – December 10, 1700
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Date: December 10, 1700
Author: Arthur Charlett
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 103-104
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Charlett thanks Sloane for the medical advice he gave to a friend. He tells Sloane that he has not been able to inform the professors of the elections at Gresham and ‘St Andrews Festival’. Charlett offers his service to Mr Bromfil, who can find out when the ‘university Terme ends’ by looking at an ‘Oxford Almanack’.
Charlett was elected Master of University College at Oxford in 1692 and held that post until his death in 1722. Charlett used the mastership to gain influence, especially through persistent letter-writing to numerous correspondents, sharing the latest literary, political, and scholarly gossip (R. H. Darwall-Smith, Charlett, Arthur (16551722), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5158, accessed 18 June 2013]).