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George Stepney to Hans Sloane – July 16, 1701
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Date: July 16, 1701
Author: George Stepney
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 191
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The enclosed was recommended to Stepney. It is a book by Count Marsigli. Stepney sends it as a gift to the Royal Society. Marsigli was an ambassador that who brokered the ‘Treaty of Peace with ye Turks’ and is ‘very knowing in antiquities’.
Stepney was a renowned diplomat and expert on all things German. He became a member of the Royal Society in 1697 (Linda Frey and Marsha Frey, Stepney, George (16631707), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26404, accessed 25 June 2013]).
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John Moore to Hans Sloane – January 30, 1701
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Date: January 30, 1701
Author: John Moore
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 126-127
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Moore is encouraging ‘a young man’ to republish the Geoponica. To this end, Moore is supplying him with the collations and manuscripts necessary, as well as Cornarius’ translation despite its faults. Other Greek authors are named, including Plato, Hippocrates, Epiphanius, and Didymus.
Moore then discusses the need for a good transcriber. 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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Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane – July 10, 1701
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Date: July 10, 1701
Author: Stephen Gray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 183-184
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Gray details his experiments with sand. He includes diagrams and requests that Sloane returns the original papers, which he has lost.
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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Arthur Charlett to Hans Sloane – May 13, 1701
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Date: May 13, 1701
Author: Arthur Charlett
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 166
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[fol. 166] U.C. May 13. 1701 Sr With great Pleasure and satisfaction, I have often remembred Dr Sloanes Civilitys wth the good Deane of Worcester, who having spent a fortnight with us, I could not part with, without desiring him to tell, how much, and how many here are, your Freinds, and Humble Servants: We have now a Librarian, who knows hot to read, write, and value Books, and will studdy to augment the Glory and Reputation of Sr Ho. Bodlys Collection, wch has been so considerably increased by your Liberality, and happy Industry, as must be ever acknowledgd and published by Sr Your very [?] Freind Ar Charlett
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]).
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James Hodgson to Hans Sloane – April 5, 1701
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Date: April 5, 1701
Author: James Hodgson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 153
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Hodgson has read the two books from astronomer John Flamsteed. He judges that they do not warrant strict perusal, as other authors have covered the same subject better.
James Hodgson (bap. 1678?, d. 1755) was a mathematician. He was an assistant to the astronomer John Flamsteed from 1695 and the cousin of the architect Sir Christopher Wren (Frances Willmoth, ‘Hodgson, James (bap. 1678?, d. 1755)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13437, accessed 15 Aug 2014]).
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Humfrey Wanley to Hans Sloane – April 2, 1701
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Date: April 2, 1701
Author: Humfrey Wanley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 151-152
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Wanley returns Sloane’s manuscripts and is relieved that he is letting him help. He was worried that he had disobliged Sloane through his absence. Wanley has been working on the catalogue and restates his great obligation to Sloane. He asks Sloane to help him repay it by making use of Wanley whenever possible.
Wanley was an Old English scholar and a librarian. He contributed four catalogues to Bernards Catalogue, a collection of manuscripts published in 1697. He was appointed assistant at the Bodleian Library in 1695 (Peter Heyworth, Wanley, Humfrey (16721726), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28664, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Jezreel Jones to Hans Sloane – April 2, 1701
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Date: April 2, 1701
Author: Jezreel Jones
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 150
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Patronage, Royal Society, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Subjects
Botany, Payments, Plants, Shipping, Specimens, Trees
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Date (as written)
April 2, 1701
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Cadiz
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Others mentioned
Lord Bishop William Courten alias Charleton Captain Fairborn William Sherard
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Patients mentioned
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Jones has shipped a ‘Tarantana’ tree to London, which cost him ’50 Dollars’. He is forced to ask Sloane for money or he ‘shall starve’ as a result of the expense. Jones has instructed his cousin, Mrs Abbott, to stop by Sloane’s to collect any letters or money that he can offer. He has some bulbs to send to Sherard.
Jezreel Jones was a traveler and diplomat known for his Arabic skills. He was elected clerk to the Royal Society in 1698 and chosen as British envoy to Morocco in 1704 (Elizabeth Baigent, Jones, Jezreel (d. 1731), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15022, accessed 3 July 2013]).
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Samuel Pepys to Hans Sloane – March 25, 1701
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Date: March 25, 1701
Author: Samuel Pepys
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 149
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[fol. 149] Y B. March. 25. 1701. Deare Sr with a thousand thankes I returne your Books, they being both singularly entertayning in theyr kinde, & that of your Monteria Espangola more especially soe, in what I was in want to know, touching theyr Torriarring; wch I here finde all I need wish-for in; remayning for it most thankefully Your Debtor & most humble Servant Pepys
Pepys was a naval official who is best known as a result of the publication of his diaries, which recount the various political and social happenings of his day (C. S. Knighton, Pepys, Samuel (16331703), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21906, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Thomas Hyde to Hans Sloane – March 25, 1701
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Date: March 25, 1701
Author: Thomas Hyde
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 148
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Hyde writes regarding the books Sloane mentioned to Charlett. He asks Sloane to make sure that he is paid for them.
Hyde was the librarian of the Bodleian Library from 1665 to 1701. He possessed excellent linguistic skills in eastern languages, especially ancient Persian and Arabic (P. J. Marshall, Hyde, Thomas (16361703), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14336, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Jezreel Jones to Hans Sloane – March 15, 1701
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Date: March 15, 1701
Author: Jezreel Jones
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 144-145
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Jones recounts his trip and the weather. He describes Holy Week celebrations and public confessions. He relates recent misconduct in the streets between Protestants and Papists, writing that there have been 30 or 40 of deaths. Jones discusses his impressions of Cadiz as a whole.
Jezreel Jones was a traveler and diplomat known for his Arabic skills. He was elected clerk to the Royal Society in 1698 and chosen as British envoy to Morocco in 1704 (Elizabeth Baigent, Jones, Jezreel (d. 1731), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15022, accessed 3 July 2013]).