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Johann Eberhard Rau to Hans Sloane – April 12, 1730
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Date: April 12, 1730
Author: Johann Eberhard Rau
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 17-18
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Johann Eberhard Rau (1695-1770) was a Protestant theologian and professor. He studied at the University of Marburg and was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Berlin for his scientific achievements in 1729. He received a professorship at the University of Frankfurt in 1746 (Otto Friedrich, “Rau, Johann Eberhard”, in: General German Biography (1888), S. 379-380 [Online version]; URL: http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd131494376.html?anchor=adb).
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Charles Seward (d.1716), clerk of Kensington. He was also a curate of St. Mary from 1674-1712, where he ‘appears to have bestowed great attention upon the [parish] registers’ (Lysons).
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Thomas Faulkner & B. West, History and Antiquities of Kensington (London, 1820), pp. 274.
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Jean de Fontaney to Hans Sloane – December 1, 1705
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Date: December 1, 1705
Author: Jean de Fontaney
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 99-100
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Fontaney recommends the three missionaries destined for China. They will serve Sloane by collecting curiosities for him. Fontaney asks Sloane to recommend them to the East India Company, with whom they will be travelling.
Jean de Fontaney (1643-1710) was a Jesuit priest who led Louis XIV’s mission to China in 1685. He and his team were admitted to the Academie des Sciences and equipped with astronomical and geological instruments to collect information on their trip. Fontaney was also a distinguished teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the College de Louis le Grand. His work was published in the Journal des Scavans and Memoires de l’Academie des Sciences (David E. Mungello, Curious land: Jesuit accommodation and the origins of Sinology, University of Hawaii Press, 1989: pp. 329-330).
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Bezaleel Sherman to Hans Sloane – July 20, 1720
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Date: July 20, 1720
Author: Bezaleel Sherman
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 347-348
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Sherman thanks Sloane for replying to his letter requesting advice on investing in the South Sea Company, even though Sloane would not help him. See: Sloane MS 4045, fols. 339-340.
Bezaleel Sherman was a surgeon.
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Bezaleel Sherman to Hans Sloane – July 12, 1720
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Date: July 12, 1720
Author: Bezaleel Sherman
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 339-340
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Sherman asks about the bones of a calf fetus he sent Sloane some years back. See: Sloane MS 4041, fols. 198-199, 204-205. He is not doing well financially and asks that Sloane help him find investment opportunities in the South Sea Company. Sherman is unable to ride and cannot work as a result.
Bezaleel Sherman was a surgeon.
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Timothy Harris to Hans Sloane – April 19, 1723
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Date: April 19, 1723
Author: Timothy Harris
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 347-348
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Harris reminds Sloane of the ‘Indian Pastoral’ he sent. He praises Sloane’s knowledge of philosophy and calls him ‘Master in all other Liberal Arts and Sciences’. ‘Kings bench prison’ is unpleasant and Harris again asks that Sloane help him get out of ‘the horror & dismality of the place’. He hates to have to write Sloane, but he has been incarcerated for four months for a small debt. If Sloane helps him he will publish the ‘Indian Pastoral’ and give it to the ‘East India Company’ men. The bearer will take Sloane’s reply to Harris.
Timothy Harris was Keeper of the Coffee House in Ormond Street, London.
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Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli to Hans Sloane – March 17, 1722
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Date: March 17, 1722
Author: Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 215-216
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Marsigli complains that the voyage from London to Amsterdam was uncomfortable. He is viewing the cabinets of Amsterdam, which feature many shells and insects. Mr Renys is deaf, making it difficult to speak with him: ‘il faut se tuer a luy parler’. Marsigli has not yet found ‘un Recueil pour Lhistoire naturelle’.
Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1658-1730) was an Italian soldier and naturalist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1691. Marsigli published several books, established a printing-house, and founded an Institute of Sciences and Arts in 1715 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Ferdinando_Marsili).
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J. Delacoste to Hans Sloane – April 10, 1720
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Date: April 10, 1720
Author: J. Delacoste
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: f. 323
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Delacoste is glad he went to Bath. He had several meetings with Dr Rave and a disagreement with Dr Beefson. He returns Sloane’s books. ‘Lady Russell of Red Lyon square’ is coming to Bath. Delacoste hopes that Mr Hamden recommends him to her.
J. Delacoste was a physician. He practiced in Bath and Paris.
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William Brinck to Hans Sloane – September 9, 1720
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Date: September 9, 1720
Author: William Brinck
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 17-18
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[fol. 17] Kensington Fryday the 9th of Septembr 1720 Sir My Lady Portland having a Servant very sick, has ordereth me to begg the favour of Yr. Honr. to come here if possible to Night, for her Ladyship is very uneasy about him, and is desirous to consult You Sir if you please Sir Your Hon. most humble obedient Servant Wm. Brinck.
William Brinck was Secretary to Lady Portland.