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J. Bradley to Howard – Apr-16
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Date: Apr-16
Author: J. Bradley
Recipient: Howard
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 269
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[…] Howard
I desire you’ll
[…] Sr Hans Sloan’s who
lives near Bloomsbury Square
& if he is within give my service
& tell him that I sent you for
some Papers that I was inform’d
he had received from Italy which
related to me. You need not go
till between three & four of clock
….. you will scarce fail of
meeting with him. If he should not
[be?] come in when you are there
but is soon expected I desire you’ll
stay & if you get ye Papers send them
by ye Coach & I will satisfie you
for your trouble when I see you
next
Yours [?] J. Bradley
Rev. J. Bradley (‘James Petiver, FRS Apothecary to the Charter-House: Miscellaneous correspondence’ British Library [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?dscnt=1&fromLogin =true&doc=IAMS040-002116460&displayMode=full&dstmp=1432649891937&vid=IAMS_ VU2&ct=display&tabs=detailsTab&fromLogin=true&fromLogin=true, accessed 16 July 2015]) asks Mr Howard (unspecified), to speak to Sir Hans Sloane on his behalf and offer his services to him. Bradley asks Howard to collect papers, which Sloane received from Italy as they relate to him.
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C Lamotte to Scheuzer – ye 28 [..]: 1727
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Date: ye 28 [..]: 1727
Author: C Lamotte
Recipient: Scheuzer
Library: British Library
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: ff. 26-27
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Newport pannel [nr?] Bukinghamshir ye 28 [..]: 1727
Dear Sr
I found my self ill yesterday morning, before I left home with a violent headache – loathsomeness of stomach, & a great looseness. However thinking the journey would do me good I venturd as far as this place wch is 17 miles from my house but the symptoms are so increasd wch I take to bee ye signs of what they call the new feaver, that I fear I am not able to proceed I am extremely Sorry for ye disapointment wch I hope wch be no prjudice to ye affairs of Sr Hannes Sloane but I dread lying .. upon the .ad, & if I am not better this afternoon, I will return home to be sick. Pray give my obedt service to my good friend Mr {…}, whom I had promisd to [d?] Tea with next Thursday morning, & if it be not too great trouble of you should go towards [grafton?] street near the oratory, I beg you would call at my Lodging there at Mrs du Hamels [to?] [Motteners?] over against the [ballo?] wch and .. who expects me & where I sent my to [do a…s?] [last?] week I desire you to tell her I shall not come I beg pardon for this trouble I would have wrote to her my self but by head akes so I am ….. say [ye.?] I am Dear Sr your most humble Servt C Lamotte [T..d.y p…..?]
A third individual is mentioned but his name cannot be identified because a portion of the text is missing.
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Richard Middleton Massey to Geo. Edwards – March 12, 1740
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Date: March 12, 1740
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Geo. Edwards
Library: British Library
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4066
Folio: f. 126
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Massey makes mention of “deeads & some odd imperfect fragmants” as well as some “drawings or prints[.]” (Letter is torn in half).
Richard Middleton Massey (1678-1743) attended Brasenose College, Oxford but left before obtaining a degree. In 1706 he was admitted Extra-Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and settled in Wisbech where he practiced medicine. Massey was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. He compiled the catalogue of the library of the Royal College of Physicians in 1727 (http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2969).
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Jo: Burnet to J. Petiver –
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Date:
Author: Jo: Burnet
Recipient: J. Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 293
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My Dear friend
I begg pardon for not waiting
[of?] you on Sunday but the reason
was because I don’t goe away till
Thursday or fryday and I inted you
shall be one of the last I take my
farewell off, I received your packetts
and you may be sure I’l take care of
them.
I am
Sir
Your Most obedient Servt
While Jo: Burnet
Burnet apologies to Petiver for not waiting upon him on Sunday. John Burnet worked as a surgeon for the South Sea Company in the West Indies and later served as the Physician to King Philip V of Spain. (‘James Petiver, FRS Apothecary to the Charter-House: Miscellaneous correspondence’ British Library [http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?dscnt=1&fromLogin =true&doc=IAMS040-002116460&displayMode=full&dstmp=1432649891937&vid=IAMS_ VU2&ct=display&tabs=detailsTab&fromLogin=true&fromLogin=true, accessed 16 July 2015])
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Andw: Crispe to James P –
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Date:
Author: Andw: Crispe
Recipient: James P
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 303
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Sr.
I am to wait on Dr. Hulse at
3 tomorrow at his own house & from
thence to a third place where we
shall be glad of yr. company
for I would desire to know by ye
first penny post in ye morning whither
this will suite [yt?]. time that I
may acquaint ye Dr.
Yr humble Servt:
Andw: Crispe
Crispe informs Petiver of his upcoming meeting with Dr. Hulse and asks whether Petiver will join them.
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Samuel Clark to Hans Sloane – Thursday November 15th 1733
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Date: Thursday November 15th 1733
Author: Samuel Clark
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 82
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Clark writes to Sloane from the fleet, saying he will not provide details of his situation, as he is sure Sloane has already heard it, but mentions a fellow prisoner who is a mathematician who would like Sloane to show his work to Charles Wager and any other commissioners. He wishes Sloane would call on Mr. Corbets and Sheers either this afternoon or tomorrow.
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Willm. Green to J. Petiver –
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Date:
Author: Willm. Green
Recipient: J. Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 354
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Sr:
I was to wait on you Monday
afternoon to know more parti==cularly
of the name and what
I shall say to My friend in [paris?]
concerning what you wou’d say
to Mr: Stoch..s as to yt plan to
you Dessigned for me I’ll not
Mention [?] to whom they shall
be given ‘till another oppertuni=ty
for reason’s, I would wait on
you the Morrow but take
physick to pray send me in
writeing yr: Commands I am
Sr: without Reserve yr: most sincer friend
and humble servt.
Willm. Green
Another individual is mentioned but his name cannot be accurately deciphered (Mr: Stoch..s?).
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C: Hatton to J. Petiver – May. 22.
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Date: May. 22.
Author: C: Hatton
Recipient: J. Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 368
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Charles Hatton informs James Petiver that he recently saw Mr. Evelyn at his house in Dover Street. Hatton asks Petiver to visit Mr. Evelyn this week “and take wth you [Petiver] some specimen’s to present to him [Evelyn.]” 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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C: Hatton to Jame Pettifer –
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Date:
Author: C: Hatton
Recipient: Jame Pettifer
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: ff. 369-370
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Doctor Sloane called upon me
this morning telling me yt ye late apoth[e?]
=cary to the charter House was dead and
yt Mr Pettifer stands candidat to succeed
him Hearing this you may be assured Sr
I will to ye utmost of my power endeavou[r?]
to serve you I was to waite on my lord
Marquiss of Hallifax but he is gone to
his house at Acton But I have writ to
my Brother Hatton to engage my ld
Nottingam to employ his interest
wth him in yr behalf and I am sure
ther can not be a more powerfull
one and in ye interim I will and
pray .. you makent other appliati
=[on?] to him is possible as I shall not
faile wth all possible diligence to
severall of ye other governors for
I doe not know a greater Benefac
=tion can be done to ye Hospitall than
brining Mr Pettifer to ye place now
vacant ther I am
Cordially and Sincerely
yours C: Hatton
Charles Hatton writes to James Petiver regarding his candidacy for the position of apothecary at the Charter House. 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]. Additional text appears on the back of Hatton’s letter, which is written in another individual’s hand – possibly Petiver’s. The author mentions a Mr. Nicholson and Mr. [Tooke?] along with a few others whose names cannot be accurately deciphered. In addition, the author makes mention of “2 coppies of ye Physitians Testimony” and “Mr Parrotts booke of ye Charter house” (Author’s hand writing is difficult to decipher)
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John Delacourt to Hans Sloane – August 2nd 1733
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Date: August 2nd 1733
Author: John Delacourt
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 19
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Delacourt writes to Sloane on behalf of Lady Sondes who wanted to inform Sloane of her friend, Lady P, who contracted a cold after a trip to London. Symptoms included fever, headache and sleepiness primarily after she takes a walk outside. Because of these symptoms, she is unable to physically come to see Sloane in person.