Posted on January 31, 2017 by Tracey Cornish -
Locke was a philosopher, physician, and highly influential proponent of liberalism in England.
Sir Godfrey Kneller, Portrait of John Locke, 1704. Credit: National Portrait Gallery, Wikimedia Commons
Reference:
J. R. Milton, Locke, John (16321704), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16885, accessed 24 June 2013].
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – April 8, 1727
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Date: April 8, 1727
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 278-279
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[fol. 278]
North Bierley April 8th 1727
Honed Sr
About a weeke agoe I returned to this place in very good health & brought with me those few curiosities I had pickt up for yu during my stay in Lancashire which I […] in a Box by John Firth a Bradford Carier who Inns at the White horse Cripplegate you wil find the case of a Barnacle, these birds come in vast numbers in […] – especially in stormy weather to a large piece of marshy ground, nigh the mouth of the river Rible where they only stay a fewe days, & appeare no more that year, the skin of a sea pye, the Red shanke or goble Swipe the cunlin of Mr Johnston (as I take it) though it does not exactly agree with the discription in Weloughbys English edition of his ornithology […] much larger then a Jacksniper & the coloure alsoe different the least Bird id the Stint here called pirrhs this is of a much lighter coloure […] I have seen this kind. I think I have mentioned to yu in one of my letter two or three kinds of sea Ducks in the market of preston which I never observed in any other place they are scarce as large as a wild duck the leggs & beake of all the kinds of a dirty green coloure & the foretoe the longest leggs that I observed one of these quite black only a large red place at the top of the Bill the other two kinds chiefly differ in magnitude the feathers on the back being of a dark grey the head & neck black, the brest being of a dirty yellow the belly white note that cross each wing […] a large bar of white feathers ; I employ’d a man who was very […] birds to preserve me the skins of two or three of these but the Birds being very fat the skins were so tender that he could not get me one skin […] Mr Johnson calls these Scamp […] wil: ornith. drink & says that in a peak of fouthy you shall not observe two exactly alike those are certainly the French Macreuse which are eaten as […] in lent you wil find in the Box a very odd flat fish which to me as a perfect sranger. I have consulted all the Authors
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that treats of others that I am master of but can find nothing like it. I have taken the freedome to put up in the Box a small collection of mosses for Mr Philip miller & wil send him by Carier the next week e some plants he desirs from hence for the garden; I am very much obliged to him for a fine present of seeds he sent me, I wil write to him when I send the plants. I have some orderd […] persons who bring fish & turtle into the musket to presume any thing they meet with that is not common & p[…] order a person at […] to achieve it that if any thing he discovered worth your acceptance it shall certainly be sent to you. by
your much obliged servnt
Ric: Richardson
My service to Dr Scheuchzer,
I have eaten Knotts severall times in Lancashire, but never show any in the market
Richardson was a physician and botanist who traveled widely in England, Wales, and Scotland in search of rare specimens. He corresponded and exchanged plants with many well-known botanists and naturalists (W. P. Courtney, Richardson, Richard (16631741), rev. Peter Davis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23576, accessed 31 May 2011]).
Posted on March 18, 2017 by Amy Smith -
William Cheselden was a surgeon and anatomist. He made several contributions to the Philosophical Transactions, held appointments at St Thomas’s and St George’s hospitals in London, and participated in the affairs of the Barber-Surgeons’ Company.
Reference:
John Kirkup, ‘Cheselden, William (1688-1752)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5226 [accessed 1 Aug 2013]).
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Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
John Floyer to Hans Sloane – June 15/21, 1702
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Date: June 15/21, 1702
Author: John Floyer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 355-356
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Floyer asks Sloane about some papers. Smith has a receipt for some papers and will inform Dr Grim of this fact. Smith forwards Floyer’s note to Sloane along with some papers and a flyer.
Sir John Floyer was a physician, advocate of cold bathing, and advised Dr Samuel Johnson, when the latter was a child, to visit Queen Anne to cure his king’s evil, which was done 1714 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Floyer_(physician)).
Samuel Smith apprenticed to the book trade in 1675 and was indentured to the bookseller Samuel Gellibrand followed by Moses Pitt. Smith joined the Stationers Company and became freeman of the company and then freeman of the city of London in 1682. Smith published the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions from the beginning of his career and he and his partner Benjamin Walford were officially named ‘printers to the Royal Society’ in 1693 (Marja Smolenaars, Ann Veenhoff, Smith, Samuel (bap. 1658, d. 1707), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/63289, accessed 27 June 2013]).
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David Wilkins to Hans Sloane – January 14, 1721/22
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Date: January 14, 1721/22
Author: David Wilkins
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: f. 180
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[fol. 180] Lambeth House Jan.ry 14th 1721/22 Honoured Sr My Proposals for printing Selden’s Works being gone to the Press & I disappointed in my Design of paying my Respects to You, yesterday morning at Man’s Coffee House, beg leave to renew my Respect to You for the Honour of Your Instructions in my Undertaking. The Variety of Your Affairs, Sir, & my Attendance on His Grace makes me Covetous of Time, & yet very desirous to have Your Commands, on what Day, Hour & Place after Munday) I can be so happy as to wait upon You for to lay my Design of Selden before You. Hoping for the Honour of a Line from you I am Honoured Sr Your most obedient and Humble Servant Dd Wilkins
Wilkins was a scholar, specializing in Coptic studies. His work on Seldon is characterized as “careless” while his other output mostly involved copying and compiling (Alastair Hamilton, Wilkins, David (16851745), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29417, accessed 31 Aug 2011]).
Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
David Wilkins to Hans Sloane – January 9, 1721/22
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Date: January 9, 1721/22
Author: David Wilkins
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 177-178
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[fol. 177] Jan.ry 9th. 1721/22 Honoured Sr. I have Design of printing Seldens Works, & being inform’d that You have some of His MSS & Emendations upon His printed Books, beg the favour of You, for the Publick use, to communicate to me whatever you may have of Selden’s. This great favour shall publickly be acknowledged & always. thankfully own’d by Honoured Sr Your most obed.t Humble Servt. Dd Wilkins.
Wilkins was a scholar, specializing in Coptic studies. His work on Seldon is characterized as “careless” while his other output mostly involved copying and compiling (Alastair Hamilton, Wilkins, David (16851745), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29417, accessed 31 Aug 2011]).
Posted on March 7, 2017 by Amy Smith -
John Lely (b. 1674) was the son of Sir Peter Lely, the portrait painter and art collector, and his common-law wife Ursula. John married the daughter of Sir John Knatchbull.
Reference:
Diana Dethloff, ‘Lely, Sir Peter (1618–1680)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16419 [accessed 28 May 2015]).
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Posted on February 27, 2017 by Amy Smith -
David Wilkins was a scholar, specialising in Coptic studies. His work on Seldon is characterised as “careless” while his other output mostly involved copying and compiling.
Reference:
Alastair Hamilton, ‘Wilkins, David (1685-1745)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29417 [accessed 31 Aug 2011]).
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Posted on August 2, 2016 by -
Samuel Smith to Hans Sloane – April 9, 1702
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Date: April 9, 1702
Author: Samuel Smith
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 323
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A man from the country who had an article in the Philosophical Transactions has a letter for Sloane. Smith saw William Derham, who had received a letter from Sloane. Smith had left a note at ‘Childs’ to meet Sloane, but there was a mix up and they did not meet.
Samuel Smith apprenticed to the book trade in 1675 and was indentured to the bookseller Samuel Gellibrand followed by Moses Pitt. Smith joined the Stationers Company and became freeman of the company and then freeman of the city of London in 1682. Smith published the Royal Society’s Philosophical Transactions from the beginning of his career and he and his partner Benjamin Walford were officially named ‘printers to the Royal Society’ in 1693 (Marja Smolenaars, Ann Veenhoff, Smith, Samuel (bap. 1658, d. 1707), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/63289, accessed 27 June 2013]).
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – June 28, 1698
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Date: June 28, 1698
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 91-92
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[fol. 91]
Sr
Looking over some Papers I found among them two leaves of Your
Jamaican HIstory, wch were scattered out & mislaid, wch I have
sent You herein enclosed. Your 3 last Tribes I returned &
hope they are come safe to Your hands, though You have not
been pleased to give me advice of it. I wonder that I have not
of a long time heard any thing of or from Dr Preston. I have
some Papers of dried Plants of his in my hands, wch I would
willingly remitt, if I had but order from him wither I should
send them. My other Twin daughter, as I think I hinted to You
before, hath been very ill of the same disease of wch her sis
ter died. I thank God she is in a hopefull way of recovery, though
not out of all danger. We have plied her with chalybeate
medicines, judging her disease to be complicated of the Jaun
dise & chlorasis My wife tenders her very humble ser
vice to you & I am no less
Sr
Yours in all offices of love
& service John Ray
B.N June 28. -98
Ray was a theologian and naturalist who collected and catalogued his botanical findings in the much lauded Historia plantarum (1686, 1688) (Scott Mandelbrote, Ray , John (16271705), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23203, accessed 18 June 2013]).
