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Thomas Gale to Hans Sloane – May 24, 1699
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Date: May 24, 1699
Author: Thomas Gale
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 277
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Gale writes on behalf of Tobias Hollander, who submitted books to the Royal Society (Amalthium Astronomicum). He is anxious to hear the Society’s feedback.
Gale was the dean of York, antiquary, and accomplished author with works published on a variety of topics (Nicholas Doggett, Gale, Thomas (1635/61702), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10298, accessed 21 June 2013]).
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Thomas Hyde to Hans Sloane – May 13, 1699
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Date: May 13, 1699
Author: Thomas Hyde
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 269
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Hyde sends his latest proposals. He has already printed 25 pages of his book and many of his friends have been kind enough to subscribe to it. He thanks Sloane for the latest Philosophical Transactions.
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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John Ray to Hans Sloane – April 15, 1699
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Date: April 15, 1699
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 252-253
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Ray apologizes for making such slow progress on his work. He has been adding Hermann and Boccone’s work into his Supplement. He would like to meet Krieg and Vernon before taking notes from them. Ray discusses his latest botanical observations and his notes on caterpillars and beetles. He would like to do more, but his ‘glass is almost out’, and he is in too much pain to so.
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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Edward Gee to Hans Sloane – April 12, 1699
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Date: April 12, 1699
Author: Edward Gee
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 251
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Gee sends Sloane the Analysis Geometrica as requested. He wants to donate the work to the Royal Society and requests that Newton ‘censure’ book.
Gee was dean of Lincoln and a virulent anti-Catholic, preaching and writing on the evils of the Roman Church (Warren Johnston, Gee, Edward (bap. 1657, d. 1730), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10498, accessed 21 June 2013]).
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Adam Buddle to Hans Sloane – April 11, 1699
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Date: April 11, 1699
Author: Adam Buddle
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 245
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Buddle discusses various botanical tribes and Bobart’s scholarship. He stresses how much he looks forward to helping Sloane in his botanical work as he intends to ‘ply’ his neighbouring shores for shells as soon as it gets a bit warmer.
Buddle was a botanist who collected information ont he flora of England throughout his life, bequeathing them to Sloane upon his death in 1715 (James Britten, Buddle, Adam (bap. 1662, d. 1715), rev. Janet Browne, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3883, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Arthur Charlett to Hans Sloane – March 31, 1699
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Date: March 31, 1699
Author: Arthur Charlett
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 241
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Royal Society, Scholarship, Social
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Subjects
Auction, Books, Euclid, Maps, Measurments, Translations, Woodcuts
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Date (as written)
March 31, 1699
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Univ. Coll. [Oxford]
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Others mentioned
Francis Bernard Samuel Pepys Mr Wells Thomas Isted
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Patients mentioned
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Chartett has written Pepys a letter that he hopes to show to Sloane. Mr Wells sends Sloane his thanks for helping with the maps. Charlett discusses woodcuts to be used in the Euclid translation. He relates how well Dr Bernard’s book has been selling. Charlett sends thanks from two of his professors for Sloane’s Royal Society work on measurements.
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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Edward Sherburne to Hans Sloane – March 9, 1699
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Date: March 9, 1699
Author: Edward Sherburne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 225
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Sherburne returns Sloane’s Diatribes of John Baptiste Billus with thanks and discusses how Sloane outbid him for it at auction.
Sherburne was a translator, poet, and recusant known for his translations of classical Latin authors (Hugh de Quehen, Sherburne, Sir Edward (bap. 1616, d. 1702), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25359, accessed 21 June 2013]).
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – March 1, 1699
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Date: March 1, 1699
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 220-221
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Ray writes that he is awaiting a response from Mr Smith regarding whether he will publish Ray’s Supplement. He is unsure if it will sell. Ray believes his Supplement’s best selling point are its descriptions of plants not yet cataloged, but he acknowledges that his work has no illustrations, so it will only appeal to ‘proficient’ botanists.
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 – March 1, 1699
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Date: March 1, 1699
Author: Arthur Charlett
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 215-217
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Charlett discusses the geographic tables he sent Sloane the day before. He outlines Mr Niell’s new mathematical system and his contributions to geography. Charlett hopes these contributions will be of help at Gresham College. Mr Johnson had told Sloane of Oxford’s plan to publish all of Euclid’s works. Charlett has enclosed a note with a number of scholars stating their approval of this endeavour: Wallis, Gregory, Hudson, Aldrich (fol. 216). Charlett asks the total value of the items auctioned from Dr Bernard’s collection. He plans to expand on the above subjects when he writes to their mutual friend, Samuel Pepys. Charlett offers his service to Sloane, Pepys, and Captain Hatton.
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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Adam Buddle to Hans Sloane – February 4, 1699
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Date: February 4, 1699
Author: Adam Buddle
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 203-204
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Buddle discusses Ray’s Synopsis and Bobart’s botanical descriptions.
Buddle was a botanist who collected information ont he flora of England throughout his life, bequeathing them to Sloane upon his death in 1715 (James Britten, Buddle, Adam (bap. 1662, d. 1715), rev. Janet Browne, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3883, accessed 19 June 2013]).