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John Barlow to Hans Sloane – December 17, 1730
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Date: December 17, 1730
Author: John Barlow
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 146-147
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[fol. 146] Manchester Decemb. ye. 17th. 1730. Sr. Some Months ago I ordered my correspondent at London to deliver unto you a small Parcel, containing a few petrified snails: also a letter concerning them, and the Fever epidemical in our Country; to wh, if come to your hands, two or three lines of an answer would be highly acceptable to Your very humb. servant John Barlow. My directions are For Dtr. Barlow in Manchester. Lancashire
Barlow sends a box of petrified snails.
John Barlow was a physician.
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Louis Leon Pajot, Comte d' Ons-en-Bray to Hans Sloane – February 13, 1729
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Date: February 13, 1729
Author: Louis Leon Pajot, Comte d' Ons-en-Bray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: f. 61
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Pajot requests that Sloane provide advice to his gardener, who is visiting England. The man would like to view Sloane’s cabinet of curiosities.
Louis Leon Pajot (1678-1753) was a Parisian physician. He collected natural and mechanical curiosities, which attracted many visitors including Peter the Great. He made contributions to the Memoires de l’Academie des Sciences and was of member of the said organization (Gaspard Monge, Jean-Dominique Cassini, Pierre Bertholon, and Jean-Henri Hassenfratz, ‘Encyclopedie methodique ou par ordre de matieres: dictionnaire de physique, Volume 4’ (Hotel de Thou, 1822), 231).
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Nicholas Harris to Hans Sloane – October 17, 1729
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Date: October 17, 1729
Author: Nicholas Harris
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: ff. 216-217
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[fol. 216] Looe Octr 17th. 1729 Much Respected Friend Sr Hans Sloane As thee wer’t pleas’d to give me Leave to advise thee how my Sight was when I return’d I now make bold to Acquaint thee that I gott well home to Morrow will be four weeks & according to thy advice I had this day three weeks an Issue cutt on each shoulder wch proves very well & Discharges much thick white Matter. I have Continued to take the Electuary & Julip wch I bought from London twice every day, Likewise I annoint my Eyes and take my Pills as Directed the Ointment is grown very thick how may I make it Thiner. The Pupill of my Eye grows Bigg & small as I Look to or from the Light it hath as Quick a Motion as other peoples Eyes my Eye Looks very Clear and well & the film on my blinde Eye seems much thinner than it was the sight of the Eye Appears through the Film, yet I cannot see with it I think I’ve gain’d very large Characters wch I could not then do, I deferd my writing there being in hopes I should have messaged faster after having The Issues – pray how much Longer shall I continue taking the Electuary Julep & Pills & to Annoint Mine Eyes, as this Ointment is nigh done pray how or where may I have More, I sent my Man to see thy Patient Townsend who he found writing & in his presence Read a news paper. Shee told him her sight gradually Decay’d for four or five yeares & that shee was blinde about a year & nigh a year recovering her sight & said shee though our Cases n’ere very Nigh alike. Turn Over This Actt comforted me very much. I observe the shades of the Sunn Moon & Candle Light Much more perfect than I have bin able to do for a Long time past. Spectacles nor any other Glasses are of very little service to me. Thy thoughts hereon and thy advice how to proceed will be Esteem’d a great favour by him who is with due Respects thy sincere Friend Nicho Harris Junior
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Louis Leon Pajot, Comte d' Ons-en-Bray to Hans Sloane – March 23, 1729
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Date: March 23, 1729
Author: Louis Leon Pajot, Comte d' Ons-en-Bray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: f. 75
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Pajot encloses a collection of seeds his gardener collected, as Sloane requested.
Louis Leon Pajot (1678-1753) was a Parisian physician. He collected natural and mechanical curiosities, which attracted many visitors including Peter the Great. He made contributions to the Memoires de l’Academie des Sciences and was of member of the said organization (Gaspard Monge, Jean-Dominique Cassini, Pierre Bertholon, and Jean-Henri Hassenfratz, ‘Encyclopedie methodique ou par ordre de matieres: dictionnaire de physique, Volume 4’ (Hotel de Thou, 1822), 231).
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Hans Sloane to Brun – May 28. 1714.
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Date: May 28. 1714.
Author: Hans Sloane
Recipient: Brun
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4068
Folio: f.90-91
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MonSr. May 28. 1714.
Quoique la lettre que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’ecrire ait fait des grands detours & m’ait etre rendüe fort tard nean moins je vous demande pardon d’etre si tardif a vous repondre. Je vous assure ce ne pas faute d’estime, car tous les jours je me plains fort de ma porte en ce que je navais pas l’honneur de connaitre un homme du quel je pouvais tant profiter que peu de jours avant vostre depart & plus acause que je pouvais a laiser vous entretenir sur des choses naturelles notre[?] etude commune mais autoure que la poste est etablie J’en profiterai autant que je pourrai sans vous faire perdre beaucoup d’un temps que vous employer si bien. Je suis tres aise d’entendre que vous faites des collections de drogues & choses & quand elles seront mises en ordre avec leurs noms cela me fera fort aise mais elles sons encore en desordre. aussitot que mon second volume de histoire naturelle de la Jamaique sera publié je vous envoyerai des plantes Se celui[?] de ce pays la vous me ferez plaisir de m’envoyer celles de vostre. Je ferai bien aise aussi d’avoir un exemplaire de chaque hors curieux imprime chez vous pour perfectioner ma bibliotheque. A la premiers occasion que se presentera je vous envoyerai quelques uns de ceux qui sont publiez en latin icy. En attendant je vous envoys les memoires de lacademie des sciences d’icy a l’addresse de MonSr. Geoffroy dans lesquels vous pourrez voir quelqs chose quoique la pluspart soit en anglais. Je vis dans le peu de temps que j’eus l’honneur d’etre avec vous vostre profond d’y[?] avoir sur toutes Sortes des sujets & vous ma pouvez a cette egard croire que je ferai toujours ravi de trouver occasion de vous temoigner que je suis fort Sincerement
Vostre
MonSr. Le Brun
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Johann Georg Steigertahl to Hans Sloane – April 8, 1729
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Date: April 8, 1729
Author: Johann Georg Steigertahl
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: ff. 91-92
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Steigertahl thanks Sloane for sending the banking information. He notes that there is a new passage in the banking papers: ‘The Person, who executes this letter of attorney must take care to describe himself exactly, as he stands described in the Books of ye Bank and must be very particular, as to the sum in stock or it looses its Force.’ Steigertahl received the latest Philosophical Transactions, which Sloane had sent with Mr Jäger. Scheuchzer wants to take the trouble to publish a work on smallpox inoculation, like that of Mr Jurin. Steigertahl thanks Sloane for the communication from Mr Froberius. Mrs Steigertahl is well.
Johann Georg Steigertahl (1666-1740) was the personal physician to George I of England. He was a member of the Royal Society and secured the purchase of Engelbert Kaempfer’s collection of East Asian curiosities for Sir Hans Sloane in 1723 (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Steigerthal).
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Philip Henry Zollman to Hans Sloane – April 11, 1729
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Date: April 11, 1729
Author: Philip Henry Zollman
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: f. 95
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Patronage, Social, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Subjects
Books, Curiosities, Recommendations, Specimens, Theses
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Date (as written)
April 11, 1729
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Origin (as written)
Paris
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Others mentioned
Mr Poynter William Rutty Mr Walpole
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Patients mentioned
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[fol. 95] Paris 11th April 1729. n.v. Sir, I received yesterday of Mr Woolhouse the three enclosed Disputations, which he desired me to forward to you by the first Messenger. My Lord Kintore being just upon the point of setting out for England, I have recommended this Packet to Mr Frasier who is with him. I have taken the liberty some months ago to send some curiositys to Dr Rutty with my offer of them to you; I have heard nothing from the Doctor, but hope my boldness has met with your excuses in regard of the good intentions I had in doing so. I should think myself very happy if I should be honoured with your command, during my stay in these parts. Mr Poynter is to return to Soissons as soon as their Excellencys Mr Stanhope and Mr Walpole arrive here. Give me leave, sir, to conclude this short letter with recommending myself to your favour and protection being with the greatest zeal imaginable Sir your most humble and most obedient servant P.H. Zollman
Philip Henry Zollman (c. 1680-1748) was the Royal Society’s first Assistant Secretary for Foreign Correspondence, a post he assumed in 1723. He first landed in England in 1714, was trained in several foreign languages, and regularly corresponded with Leibniz (Derek Massarell, ‘Philip Henry Zollman, the Royal Society’s First Assistant Secretary for Foreign Correspondence’, Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 46, no. 2 (1992), 219-234).
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de Cheuessaille to Hans Sloane – May 4, 1729
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Date: May 4, 1729
Author: de Cheuessaille
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: ff. 104-105
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Cheuessaille was honoured to receive Sloane’s letter. He relays that he is trained in mathematics and has published several short dissertations. He is contemplating a practical method for establishing the longitude between two meridians and makes several comments on the subject.
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Johann Georg Steigertahl to Hans Sloane – June 3, 1729
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Date: June 3, 1729
Author: Johann Georg Steigertahl
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: ff. 123-124
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Scholarship, Social, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Subjects
Banking, Chocolate, Deaths, Inoculations, Publishing, Smallpox, Wine
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Date (as written)
June 3, 1729
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Hannover
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Others mentioned
Mr Hattorf Mr Jager Mrs Steigertahl Wife
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Patients mentioned
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Steigertahl was sad to hear the news of John Gaspar Scheuchzer’s death. The latter was Sloane’s librarian. Steigertahl asks for a work on smallpox inoculation Scheuchzer was going to send by Mr Jäger. He is grateful for the gifts of chocolate and Madeira wine, which were to his wife’s taste. Steigertahl discusses the dividend he is to receive and the banking forms that needed to be prepared before he can collect it. Monsieur de Mansberg and his father-in-law Monsieur d’Hattorf send their compliments. The latter is supposed to arrive in Hanover soon. The King arrived in Holland in May and is to leave for Hanover soon. Dr Goebel, ‘Professeur en Droit à Helmstadt’, is going to print the work of the late ‘Hermannus Couringius’ in four volumes.
Johann Georg Steigertahl (1666-1740) was the personal physician to George I of England. He was a member of the Royal Society and secured the purchase of Engelbert Kaempfer’s collection of East Asian curiosities for Sir Hans Sloane in 1723 (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Steigerthal).
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William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon to Hans Sloane – June 9, 1729
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Date: June 9, 1729
Author: William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: f. 132
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[fol. 132] Sr Being inform’d that Mr. Sloane one of the Searchers at the Customs House is lately dead, I am desir’d to trouble you to know the truth of it I hope you will pardon this trouble from Sr Your very humble servant Wm: Clayton Treasury Chambr 9th June 1729
William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon (1671-1752) was a British politician. He was MP in Woodstock to 1722, St Albans to 1727, Westminster to1741, Plympton Erle to 1747, St Mawes to 1752, and served as Commissioner of the Treasury (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Clayton,_1st_Baron_Sundon).