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Samuel Dale to Hans Sloane – October 29, 1698
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Date: October 29, 1698
Author: Samuel Dale
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 148
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Dale had written Sloane three weeks ago regarding some geological queries and has not received a response. He repeats his questions and requests any works related to the subject.
Samuel Dale was an apothecary, botanist, and physician who contributed several articles to the Philosophical Transactions. He was John Ray’s executor and good friend, and from Dale’s letters to Sloane we learn many details of Ray’s final moments (G. S. Boulger, Dale, Samuel (bap. 1659, d. 1739), rev. Juanita Burnby, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7016, accessed 5 July 2013]).
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Richard Waller to Hans Sloane – January 23, 1698/9
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Date: January 23, 1698/9
Author: Richard Waller
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 189
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Waller was pleased to hear the Royal Society is doing well. He tells Sloane that he did not have the journals or registers Sloane is seeking. Waller only has the Books of Minutes from November 22, 1693 to July 15, 1696. He believes that Dr Hooke, most likely Robert Hooke, has the registers.
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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Adam Buddle to Hans Sloane – January 19, 1698/9
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Date: January 19, 1698/9
Author: Adam Buddle
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 188
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Mr Vernon told Buddle that Sloane was interested in making his acquaintance. He praises Sloane’s botanical and natural philosophical work. He states that he would like to help, but is unsure of how he can. Buddle promises that he will provide plant specimens. He leaves a return address at Mr Day’s, an apothecary in Ipswich.
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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John Ray to Hans Sloane – January 17, 1699
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Date: January 17, 1699
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 186-187
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Ray forwards Sloane excerpts from Boccone’s work and hopes they have arrived. He apologizes in advance for its poor prose. Ray has also forwarded Kamel’s papers, as he feels they deserve to be published in the Philosophical Transactions. Ray can return Sloane’s books if he needs them, but he hopes to use them a bit more for his Supplement.
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 – December 28, 1698
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Date: December 28, 1698
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 173-174
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Medical, Scholarship, Scientific
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Subjects
Animals, Books, Botany, Dogs, Medicine, Recipes, Waters
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Date (as written)
December 28, 1698
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Black Notley
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Others mentioned
Paolo Silvio Boccone Dr Colbatch
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Patients mentioned
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Ray discusses Paolo Boccones’ botanical work at some length, relating and reviewing its content for Sloane. Ray agrees with Sloane’s judgment of Dr Colbatch, but he still believes acids, such as that found in Tunbridge Waters, may cure gout. He details how to treat the bite of a mad dog.
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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Charles Goodall to Hans Sloane – December 11, 1698
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Date: December 11, 1698
Author: Charles Goodall
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 170
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Goodall tells Sloane not to give any help or encouragement to Mr Boulton. He asks him not to supply Boulton with books or assist his projects in any way. Goodall implores Sloane, on their very friendship, to do this for him, and assures Sloane that he will fill him in on the reason when he sees him next.
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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Charles Preston to Hans Sloane – December 10, 1698
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Date: December 10, 1698
Author: Charles Preston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 167-168
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Preston thanks Sloane for his provision of two issues of the Philosophical Transactions. He relates his conversation with his Lord about a visit to Balfour Library.
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]).
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Robert Southwell to Hans Sloane – December 2, 1698
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Date: December 2, 1698
Author: Robert Southwell
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 160-161
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Southwell writes that he was with Mr Montague, who heard all that happened on Wednesday last. Montague said he would ‘cultivate and excite my Lord in all that were needful’ and attend future Royal Society meetings. Southwell discusses the swearing in ceremony of the newly admitted and how one must sign one’s name in the book.
Sir Robert Southwell was a diplomat and government official. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1662, and was elected president from 1690 to 1695 (Toby Barnard, Southwell, Sir Robert (16351702), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26066, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Robert Southwell to Hans Sloane – November 29, 1698
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Date: November 29, 1698
Author: Robert Southwell
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 158-159
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Southwell has been confined by the weather so he sent his son to ‘putte our president in mind of tomorrow’. The President of the Royal Society, Lord Somers, informed Southwell’s son that he would not be present and reminded him that he had previously requested to be excused from the election. Southwell concludes saying that he will see Sloane at ten o’clock the next morning at Gresham College ‘soe we may be unanimous in some other Person.’
Sir Robert Southwell was a diplomat and government official. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1662, and was elected president from 1690 to 1695 (Toby Barnard, Southwell, Sir Robert (16351702), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26066, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Thomas Molyneux to Hans Sloane – November 29, 1698
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Date: November 29, 1698
Author: Thomas Molyneux
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: f. 157
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Molyneux thanks Sloane for his letter of condolences in which Sloane wrote that all lovers of learning will mourn the passing of Molyneux’s brother. Molyneux writes that receiving this made him contemplate the fragility of human life. He thanks Sloane for responding to his inquiry regarding the cost of the Philosophical Transactions and decides he cannot afford to purchase them. He will borrow them instead. Molyneux cannot say more because dealing with his brother’s affairs takes up most of his time. He asks Sloane to let him know is anything noteworthy happens.
Thomas Molyneux was a physician and natural philosopher who corresponded with Sloane, Edward Lhuyd, and John Locke (J. B. Lyons, Molyneux, Sir Thomas, first baronet (16611733), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18927, accessed 4 July 2011]).