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Johann Georg Steigertahl to Hans Sloane – September 22, 1724
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Date: September 22, 1724
Author: Johann Georg Steigertahl
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 255-256
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The Duchess of Kendel thanks Sloane for taking care of the Comte de Lippe in Steigertahl’s absence. The King is well, as is Mr Hodges.
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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Johann Georg Steigertahl to Hans Sloane – September 22, 1724
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Date: September 22, 1724
Author: Johann Georg Steigertahl
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 255-256
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Transcription
The Duchess of Kendel thanks Sloane for taking care of the Comte de Lippe in Steigertahl’s absence. The King is well, as is Mr Hodges.
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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Edward Hancocke to Hans Sloane – June 18, 1703
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Date: June 18, 1703
Author: Edward Hancocke
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 150
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Fol. 150
From on Board the Richardson Gally
Riding in dirty mouth bay nere
Dartmoth June the 18th 1703
I was honoured with yours on ye 13th Instant;
we tailed abought 2 howers after I had reced yours; so
Could not possibely writ to you befor now; I most humbly
thank you for your Good wishes; for my helth and
Prosperity. I hartily wish you the like: I must Confess
tis your skill & ingenious selfe yt my life and helth
are Debters: I shall be sure to follow your directions
for ye presarving of my helth; and in every thing
else that I Can be sarvisable to you in ye Country
whare I am Goeing you freely Command; & you will
… much obleige him who is.
Your Mos affectionate
friend & humble sarvant
Ed: Hancocke
Hancocke puts himself at Sloane’s service.
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Bennet Sherard to Hans Sloane – October 5, 1723
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Date: October 5, 1723
Author: Bennet Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 61-62
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Bennet Sherard (1677-1732), 1st Earl of Harborough, was the son of Bennet Sherard, 2nd Baron Sherard, and Elizabeth Christopher (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 491).
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Charles Hatton to Hans Sloane – September 20, 1703
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Date: September 20, 1703
Author: Charles Hatton
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 188-189
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Hatton was supposed to travel to London with his nephew, but a delay forced them to stay home. He thanks Sloane for all of his help regarding his brother’s illness. Christopher Hatton is doing better, though he was purged too often.
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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J. Delacoste to Hans Sloane – July 2, 1722
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Date: July 2, 1722
Author: J. Delacoste
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 256-257
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Curiosity Reports, Medical, Scholarship, Travel
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Subjects
Amerindians, Books, Martinique, Medicines, Sorcery, West Indies
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Date (as written)
July 2, 1722
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Bath
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
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Delacoste sends an excerpt from ‘the 2d Vol. of Labat’s nouveau voyage aux Isles Franc: de L’Amerique. Paris. 1722. pag: 50. etc.’ He hopes Sloane finds it interesting. It regards ‘What he [the author] calls, Pierre verte des Caraibes’, a group of people in the West Indies. The passage, in French, suggests they came from the Amazon River. They are like savages, poor, and in want of better lives. Labat describes the people in detail, including information on the methods they use to combat disease, one of which is a remedy for stones tested on ‘un Jeune Negre en 1700’. Some of the information was gathered in Martinique. Delacoste is amazed to read that Amerindians have methods of treating disease and thinks it is worth investigating: ‘If half of what this author affirms be true, You must know it, if any body.’ Some of the stories in the book sounded like sorcery to Delacoste, but since it was written by a priest there should be some truth in it. He would like Sloane’s opinion of the book.
J. Delacoste was a physician. He practiced in Bath and Paris.
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George Reid to Hans Sloane – March 23, 1690/91
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Date: March 23, 1690/91
Author: George Reid
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 100-101
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Government, Legal, Medical, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Court Case, France, Humorism, Jamaica, Netherlands, Plantations, West Indies
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Date (as written)
March 23, 1690/91
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Jamaica
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Others mentioned
Mr Musgrave Son
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Patients mentioned
Adrian
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Reid was pleased to receive Sloane’s last letter. He and Mr Elletson are being sued for £25,000 ‘by the attorneys of Cap’n Daniells… for damages upon the dutch ship’. Judge Bennard was leading the commission and said ‘nothing to the Jury in our defence’. Reid states the Dutch minister’s case was mostly hearsay. Colonel Ballard was one of the other judges. Reid was ‘bound by a recognisance of £6,000 to the K: by Musgrave Att: general’. He also had to pay an indemnity. Reid is having difficulty with the cane on his plantation. The French were off the cost of St Domingo. Reid claims life in Jamaica is much duller without Sloane.
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Timothy Harris to Hans Sloane – April 17, 1723
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Date: April 17, 1723
Author: Timothy Harris
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 343-344
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Charity, Legal, Patronage, Scholarship, Travel
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Subjects
Debts, India, Prison, Publishing, School Fees
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Date (as written)
April 17, 1723
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
From ye Kings Bench Prison in Southwark
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Others mentioned
Robert Nelson George Hickes
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Patients mentioned
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Harris asks for Sloane’s help, as he is imprisoned for ‘A small Debt’. He writes that they used to know each other when Harris lived on Ormond Street. He includes an Indian ‘Pastoral’ in the hopes it might interest Sloane. Harris was in India and claims he learned ‘some of these Notions of the Indians’. He would like to publish his observations. The debt is ‘but seven pounds & nine shillings’ owed ‘for one of my Childrens Board of Education’. Harris used to live comfortably, but has fell upon hard times. He will send a messenger to collect Sloane’s answer tomorrow.
Timothy Harris was Keeper of the Coffee House in Ormond Street, London.
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Thomas Ekhines to Lord Carthwraight – May 20, 1723
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Date: May 20, 1723
Author: Thomas Ekhines
Recipient: Lord Carthwraight
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 356-357
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Government, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Subjects
Colonialism, France, Military, Plantations, Spain, Sugar, West Indies
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Date (as written)
May 20, 1723
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
London
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Others mentioned
Mr Worsley Lord Yakle
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Patients mentioned
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Ekhines reports that the Duke of Montague had to pay French authorities in St Lucia and St Vincent. The fort at St Lucia is said to be a good one. It is within sight of Barbados and will soon be ‘filled with French’ troops. Ekhines heard that the King has refused to allow sugar plantations on Tobago. There have been problems with French and Spanish ships in the Caribbean. He writes of the competitiveness of the sugar trade. Ekhines requests a fort and troops for Barbados.
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Johann Georg Steigertahl to Hans Sloane – September 7, 1723
Item info
Date: September 7, 1723
Author: Johann Georg Steigertahl
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 43-44
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Scholarship, Scientific, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Subjects
Auctions, Cabinet, Catalogues, Curiosities, Geography, Japan, Longitude, Natural History, Royal Family, Translations
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Date (as written)
September 7, 1723
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Hannover
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Others mentioned
J.H. Kaempfer Charles 2nd Viscount Townshend Father Princess Amalie Philip Henry Zollman Edmond Halley Engelbert Kaempfer Prince Frederic George I
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Patients mentioned
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Zollman went to view ‘les curiosites de feu Mr Kampfer’. Steigertahl sends a catalogue of the plants and rarities in the collection. Lord Townshend is already familiar with it. J.H. Kampfer, nephew of the late Engelbert Kaempfer, has already sent specimens related to the ‘Histoire du Japon’ to Steigertahl. Zollman is going to translate the 47 chapters of the ‘Histoire’ into English. It is up to Sloane to decide whether there is any merit to the project, which is a natural history and general survey of Japanese culture. Steigertahl is going to see if the shells and plants in Kaempfer’s collection can be purchased separately, as the whole collection would be rather costly. Princess Amalie is in good health, as are the King, Queen, and Prince Frederick. Steigertahl proposes a new project on ‘la longitude’, which Sloane is to communicate to Edmond Halley.
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).