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William Molyneux to Hans Sloane – January 8, 1698
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Date: January 8, 1698
Author: William Molyneux
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 8-9
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Molyneux begins his letter by referring to the enclosed, a thank-you gift for Sloane from Molyneux’s brother. He inquires as to whether a tract of his brother’s on an Irish insect, passed through Mr Locke, ever made it into Sloane’s hands. Molyneux reminds Sloane about his desire to have a copy of Newton’s ‘Phil. Nat. Prin. Math.’, which he hopes Sloane can provide for him.
Molyneux was a philosopher and constitutional writer who became deeply involved in Irish affairs (James G. O’Hara, Molyneux, William (16561698), 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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William Molyneux to Hans Sloane – December 18, 1697
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Date: December 18, 1697
Author: William Molyneux
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 2-3
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Molyneux thanks Sloane for the eight editions of the Transactions he recently sent him. He laments that the small token of appreciation he sent Sloane in return is inadequate. Molyneux is delighted to see that some of his own ideas made it into Transactions #230.
Molyneux was a philosopher and constitutional writer who became deeply involved in Irish affairs (James G. O’Hara, Molyneux, William (16561698), 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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John Ray to Hans Sloane – December, 1697
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Date: December, 1697
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 380-381
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Ray is sorry to hear that Sloane’s wife has been ill and hopes it is because of a pregnancy, ‘especially because I have not heard that you have as yet had any issue by her. I am glad she is in a hopefull way of doing well & pray ut pulchria facint te prole parentum, if she hath not already done’. Ray laments that Sherard left so suddenly. While he is excited for Sherard going overseas, Ray will no longer be receiving the dried plant samples that Sherard had promised him. Sloane had previously inquired about a gentleman ‘unable to pay the Debito conjugale’. Ray gives Sloane a list of plants that are said to be helpful for erectile dysfunction, as Sloane had apparently previously inquired on behalf of a gentleman unable to consummate his marriage. Ray concludes that in terms of medical treatments, Sloane himself probably knows more than Ray does.
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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Edmund King to Hans Sloane – August 6, 1701
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Date: August 6, 1701
Author: Edmund King
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 207-208
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Sir Edmund King (bap. 1630, d. 1709) was a physician and surgeon. He published some of his research in the Philosophical Transactions (Robert L. Martensen, ‘King , Sir Edmund (bap. 1630, d. 1709)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15557, accessed 3 July 2014]).
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – October 26, 1698
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Date: October 26, 1698
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 145-146
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Ray thanks Sloane for his gift of sugar. After discussing his medical issues, Ray details his botanical work. Father Camelli – a Jesuit priest whose full name is Georg Joseph Kamel – has sent Ray some manuscripts containing his observations of Filipino flora.
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
Gender:
Age:71 years old.
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Diagnosis
Ray's leg sores remain very painful.
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Previous Treatment:
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: Ray says he has yet to take Sloane's advice about the sores, because he is unsure of whether it is wise to dry up the sores without first taking blood to fix the humoural issue first.
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Leg sores, Pain, Skin ailments
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Samuel Pepys to Hans Sloane – August 10, 1699
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Date: August 10, 1699
Author: Samuel Pepys
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 315-316
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[fol. 315]
Sr Sunday
Aug. 10. 1699.
I endeavourd a visit to you yesterday
& a visit of just Respect. But it was not without
another Errand, & what St. Paul would call a
greater then that, namely, of Charity. The
occasion of it will bee told you from a Neigh-
-bour of yours, my extraordinary friend, Mrs.
Harrison. I have made some way toward what
wee desire, as you will see by a paper that will
bee shewen you. What make mee ye more sol-
-licitous to you in it, is, that to morrow mor-
-ning is likely to determine all wee are to hope for in
it; & the whole (I understand) depends upon ye
Opinion that shall bee given in ye Case by Dr.
Pitts, to whom I am entirely a Stranger, but have him
described to mee for a very Good Man, & one
therefore that in soe charitable a cause as this
is, will not (I hope) bee easily ledd to pronounce
ye Case of an indigent Wretch incureable; which
is to give her up to perish. The Governours
you will see, are disposed already to favour
my Request, & I would not despayre but your
interposeing in it with Dr. Pitts, would make
it successefull; which would (besides its being
otherwise a most worthy Act) say an extraor-
-dinary Obligation upon.
Your most humble Servnt.
Pepys
The President Sr. Wm. Prichard
is not (I am told) in Towne. But should hee bee, &
in Court, I have reason to believe, ye use of my
Name to him, in such a Cause as this, would finde.
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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Edmund Gibson to Hans Sloane – February 21, 1699
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Date: February 21, 1699
Author: Edmund Gibson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 213
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Gibson thanks Sloane gifting him a book: ‘It had been a great favour in you, to have parted with the Book at any price; and I am sensible how much the turning it into a Gift has added to the obligation on me side.’
Edmund Gibson (bap. 1669, d. 1748) was a clergyman. He served as Bishop of Lincoln and Bishop of London (Stephen Taylor, Gibson, Edmund (bap. 1669, d. 1748), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10615, accessed 21 June 2013]).
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George Hickes to Hans Sloane – May 9, 1699
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Date: May 9, 1699
Author: George Hickes
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 267
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[fol. 267] May 9.99. hon. sir I give you very humble thanks for the generous offer of the favour, wch I could not have presumed to ask of you, and accordingly have sent you some of my proposealls wth a specimen of the book, wch is now carried on to the XXXIII, or XXXIV sheet. I hope er long to send that sheet, as another specimen to you, in wch will be printed k. Elfrells antiquity, and for that reason, I will order some supernumerary Copies to be printed off. As soon as I have made what use I shall think fit of dr. Musgraves letter, I will send that also to you with my opinion about printing it, or the substance of it, in the next transactions, and in the mean wth all respect and thankfulnesse to you for your great civilities I take leave, and subscribe, sir, your most obliged humble servant Geo. Hickes.
George Hickes (1642-1715) was a bishop of the nonjuring Church of England and Anglo-Saxon scholar (Theodor Harmsen, ‘Hickes, George (1642–1715)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13203, accessed 21 June 2011]).
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Robert Sibbald to Hans Sloane – June 13, 1699
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Date: June 13, 1699
Author: Robert Sibbald
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 290
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Sibbald sends a copy of his ‘Memoria Balfouriana’ and some curiosities. He thanks Sloane for sending Mr Lloyd’s book.
Sibbald was a physician and a geographer. He was physician to James VII (Charles W. J. Withers, Sibbald, Sir Robert (16411722), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25496, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – June 13, 1699
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Date: June 13, 1699
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 289
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Preston sends Robert Sibbald’s ‘Memoria Balfouriana’ to Sloane. He informs Sloane that he intends to send him some curiosities and thanks him for sending the Philosophical Transactions.
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 18 June 2013]).