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William Vernon to Hans Sloane – July 24, 1698
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Date: July 24, 1698
Author: William Vernon
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 102-103
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Vernon offers Sloane the use of his collection of plant specimens after having met with like-minded individuals in pursuit of ‘natural knowledge’ at the Temple Coffeehouse.
William Vernon was a Fellow of Peter House, Cambridge.
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Mary Ashe to Hans Sloane – September 7, 1698
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Date: September 7, 1698
Author: Mary Ashe
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 117-118
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Mary Ashe (d. 1705) was born Mary Wilson to Robert Wilson and Katharine Rudd. She Married Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet, who was the son of James Ashe and Grace Pitt. Mary and Joseph were married before 1658 (George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume III, page 122).
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Mary Ashe to Gibbons – September 7, 1698
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Date: September 7, 1698
Author: Mary Ashe
Recipient: Gibbons
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 117-118
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Mary Ashe (d. 1705) was born Mary Wilson to Robert Wilson and Katharine Rudd. She Married Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet, who was the son of James Ashe and Grace Pitt. Mary and Joseph were married before 1658 (George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume III, page 122).
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Ann Ashe to Hans Sloane – September 7, 1698
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Date: September 7, 1698
Author: Ann Ashe
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 117-118
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Mary Ashe (d. 1705) was born Mary Wilson to Robert Wilson and Katharine Rudd. She Married Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet, who was the son of James Ashe and Grace Pitt. Mary and Joseph were married before 1658 (George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume III, page 122).
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Ann Ashe to Gibbons – September 7, 1698
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Date: September 7, 1698
Author: Ann Ashe
Recipient: Gibbons
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 117-118
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Transcription
Mary Ashe (d. 1705) was born Mary Wilson to Robert Wilson and Katharine Rudd. She Married Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet, who was the son of James Ashe and Grace Pitt. Mary and Joseph were married before 1658 (George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume III, page 122).
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Mary Ashe to Hans Sloane – Sunday, n.d. [1699?]
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Date: Sunday, n.d. [1699?]
Author: Mary Ashe
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 200-201
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Mary Ashe (d. 1705) was born Mary Wilson to Robert Wilson and Katharine Rudd. She Married Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet, who was the son of James Ashe and Grace Pitt. Mary and Joseph were married before 1658 (George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume III, page 122).
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Arthur Rawdon to Hans Sloane – June 24, 1691
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Date: June 24, 1691
Author: Arthur Rawdon
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 105
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Rawdon thanks Sloane for helping Lady Graham and asks Sloane to help one Thomas Harrison, a gardener, find work.
Sir Arthur Rawdon (1662-1695), 2nd Baronet was the son of Sir George Rawdon, 1st Baronet and Hon. Dorothy Conway. Arthur married Helena Garham circa February 1681/2 (George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume III, page 318).
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – November 22, 1699
Item info
Date: November 22, 1699
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 353-354
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Medical, Scholarship
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Subjects
America, Books, Maryland, Plants, Specimens, Straits of Magellan
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Date (as written)
November 22, 1699
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Standardised date
November 22, 1699
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Origin (as written)
Black Notley
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Others mentioned
Mr Smith Tentzelius
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Patients mentioned
John Ray
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Ray is waiting to hear if Sloane received the Maryland plants he returned. He asks if Sloane will lend him plant specimens from the Magellan Straights and let him know his reply to Tentzelius. Ray hopes Sloane has not taken offence at any action or ‘miscarriage of mind’. He blames Mr Smith for the misunderstanding about the books. He is in great pain (described below). Wife sends her humble service.
Patient Details
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Patient info
Name: Mr John Ray
Gender:
Age:71 years old.
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Description
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Diagnosis
Painful, ulcerous leg sores; so painful that Ray cannot work.
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Fomentations and purges.
Ongoing Treatment: Ray spends almost entire mornings dressing his sores.
Response: The fomentations and purges have had no effect; Ray would like to know what Sloane thinks of purging with Turbith Mineral, as it was recommended to him.
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More information
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Medical problem reference
Leg sores, Skin ailments, Pain
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Charles Hatton to Hans Sloane – May 8, 1700
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Date: May 8, 1700
Author: Charles Hatton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 13
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Hatton’s friend wants to know the Latin name, country of origin, and a general description of the root known as ‘Rochambole’.
Charles Hatton was the son of Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton and brother of Christopher Hatton, 1st Viscount Hatton [Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 269].
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Victor Ferguson to Hans Sloane – May 10, 1700
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Date: May 10, 1700
Author: Victor Ferguson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 14-15
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Ferguson states that he rarely writes letters of recommendation. He asks Sloane to give Mr Taylor, a surgeon, some of his time. John McBride offers his services to Sloane.
Victor Ferguson (d. 1729) was a physician of Newtown, near Belfast (Toby C. Bernard, A New Anatomy of Ireland: The Irish Protestants, 1649-1770 (Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2003), ch. 5; “Fergusons of Belfast” URL: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colin/FergusonsOfIreland/Belfast.htm).