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Robert Sibbald to Hans Sloane – March 21, 1711
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Date: March 21, 1711
Author: Robert Sibbald
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 260-261
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Sibbald’s nephew delivers some antiquities. He thanks Sloane for sending Ray’s ‘Natural History’ and asks for copies of the Philosophical Transactions from 1700-1703 and 1709.
Sir Robert 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 3 June 2011]).
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William Derham to Hans Sloane – October 26, 1711
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Date: October 26, 1711
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 1-2
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Royal Society, Scholarship, Scientific, Social
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Subjects
Astronomy, Real Estate, Scientific Instruments, Surveying, Telescopes, Weather
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Date (as written)
October 26, 1711
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Upm'r [Upminster]
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Others mentioned
Sir Hanes Mr. Towneley fath. Capt. Stanes
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Patients mentioned
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[fol. 2]
Sr Upmr Oct: 26 1711
The Surveyour hath finished the Measur-
ing part of your Lands, & had all the infor-
mation he could get of the names of the Lands:
but they called them only by the Names of their
quantity of Acres, as the 10 acre, 12 acre, &c piece
He earnestly desires you to send him the
Names, if your writings contain them. Direct
to Capt Stanes at Rumford (which is the Sur-
veyours name.) He consulted Finches Lease, but
to no purpose.
I was minded you should see the purport of
the inclosed to Mr Towneley; & have put it up to
yt I think it cant possibly pass as a double Lr.
I beg the favr of you to seal it, & to cause it
wth all safety to be put into the Post-office.
I have been very busy in trying Mashalls
100 foot Glass, wch I believe is very good, altho
I have not had clear weather enough to try
it to my mind. But I find it is not near 100
feet, as Marshal thought it. I hope to give
you & the Society some account of Saturns Satellites
Jupiters & Marss Spots, &c. I have a pretty stronf con-
ceit I can improve Sr Hanes Catoptrical Telescope; but
the expence it would put me to, males me find the
wand of a small additional Preferment, wch if I could
obtain, I should devote in a great measure to the im-
provement of Learning, rather than the enriching my
self. Wth great respect I am your Ladies, &
Sr Your much obliged & affectionate
humble servant
Wm Derham
Derham was a Church of England clergyman and a natural philosopher, interested in nature, mathematics, and philosophy. He frequently requested medical advice from Sloane, and likely served as a physician to his family and parishioners (Marja Smolenaars, ‘Derham, William (1657-1735)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).
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James Yonge to Hans Sloane – November 25, 1711
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Date: November 25, 1711
Author: James Yonge
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 10-11
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Transcription
James Yonge was a surgeon and physician of Plymouth with experience as a ship’s surgeon. He was a prominent citizen in his native Plymouth and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1702 (Ian Lyle, Yonge, James (16471721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30225, accessed 20 May 2011]).
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James Yonge to Hans Sloane – November 25, 1711
Item info
Date: November 25, 1711
Author: James Yonge
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 10-11
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Transcription
James Yonge was a surgeon and physician of Plymouth with experience as a ship’s surgeon. He was a prominent citizen in his native Plymouth and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1702 (Ian Lyle, Yonge, James (16471721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30225, accessed 20 May 2011]).
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James Yonge to Hans Sloane – November 25, 1711
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Date: November 25, 1711
Author: James Yonge
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 10-11
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Transcription
James Yonge was a surgeon and physician of Plymouth with experience as a ship’s surgeon. He was a prominent citizen in his native Plymouth and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1702 (Ian Lyle, Yonge, James (16471721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30225, accessed 20 May 2011]).
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Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury to Hans Sloane – March 11, 1710/11
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Date: March 11, 1710/11
Author: Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 258-259
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Thomas Tenison was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 to his death in 1715. A staunch anti-Catholic, he devoted much time to promoting the Church of England and establishing it as the sole religious institution in England (William Marshall, Tenison, Thomas (16361715), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27130, accessed 25 May 2011]).
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James Yonge to Hans Sloane – November 25, 1711
Item info
Date: November 25, 1711
Author: James Yonge
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 10-11
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Transcription
James Yonge was a surgeon and physician of Plymouth with experience as a ship’s surgeon. He was a prominent citizen in his native Plymouth and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1702 (Ian Lyle, Yonge, James (16471721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30225, accessed 20 May 2011]).
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James Keill to Hans Sloane – February 20, 1711
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Date: February 20, 1711
Author: James Keill
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4042
Folio: ff. 254-255
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Transcription
Keill did not formally attend medical school, but through the patronage of Sloane he obtained the degree of MD from Cambridge. Sloane helped Keill enter into medical practice in Northampton (Anita Guerrini, Keill, James (16731719), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15255, accessed 2 June 2011]).
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Andrew Fountaine to Hans Sloane – December 16, 1711
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Date: December 16, 1711
Author: Andrew Fountaine
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 14-15
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Lord Pembroke has written two letter to Sloane. Fountaine informs him that Pembroke wants to meet ‘on Tuesday next a little after 5 in the afternoon’.
Sir Andrew Fountaine was an art collector who undertook grand tours of Europe to view and purchase the art of the Continent (Andrew W. Moore, Fountaine, Sir Andrew (16761753), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9994, accessed 8 July 2013]).
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James Yonge to Hans Sloane – December 10, 1711
Item info
Date: December 10, 1711
Author: James Yonge
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 16-18
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Library, Medical, Royal Society, Scholarship, Scientific
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Subjects
Animals, Illustrations, Prescriptions, Seals, Specimens
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Date (as written)
December 10, 1711
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Plim'o
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
Gertrude Copley (nee Carew)
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Transcription
Yonge writes of a seal that was poached by fishermen. He asks whether Sloane has any information on the animal. Yonge plans on showing it to Sloane, should the specimen make it to London. He sends ‘the Case of the dropsy women’ for Sloane to read. A silhouette of a seal is enclosed: fol. 18.
James Yonge was a surgeon and physician of Plymouth with experience as a ship’s surgeon. He was a prominent citizen in his native Plymouth and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1702 (Ian Lyle, Yonge, James (16471721), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30225, accessed 20 May 2011]).