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Batty Langley to Hans Sloane – July 7, 1730
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Date: July 7, 1730
Author: Batty Langley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4051
Folio: ff. 66-67
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[fol. 67] Honed. Sr It will be Impossible that I can have success in my survey of the English Gardens, unless I am first honed. with your subscription. You being not only President of the most Learned Body of artists, But known to be the best Judge of every art that deserves Encouragement I am yr Most obliged Humble sert. B. Langley Tuesday 7 July 1730
Batty Langley (bap. 1696, d. 1751) wrote works on gardening, garden design, and ancient and modern architecture (Eileen Harris, Langley, Batty (bap. 1696, d. 1751), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16022, accessed 20 Aug 2013]).
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John Martyn to Hans Sloane – n.d.
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Date: n.d.
Author: John Martyn
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: f. 131
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John Martyn (1699-1768) was a botanist. He became Professor of Botany at Cambridge, though he was absent most of the time. In 1730 he moved to Chelsea to have access to the Chelsea Physic Garden. Martyn published botanical works throughout his career (D. E. Allen, Martyn, John (16991768), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2012 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18235, accessed 17 July 2013]).
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John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – August 18, 1718
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Date: August 18, 1718
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: f. 140
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Mr Arnold, of Friesland, is about to depart for his homeland, but does not want to leave England without first seeing Sloane’s collection. Chamberlayne requests a viewing and mentions two other men that would also like to see it.
John Chamberlayne was a translator and editor specializing in modern languages which he studied at the University of Leiden. He translated works on many topics, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and published three works in the Philsophical Transactions (Reavley Gair, Chamberlayne, John (1668/91723), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5060, accessed 30 May 2011]).
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – September 10, 1721
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Date: September 10, 1721
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 130-131
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Richardson writes of several people who suffered from the same ailment. It fell ‘chiefly amongst the poor people’. The epidemic killed many people. Patients have a ‘depressed pulse’ and ‘malignant fever’. The man who brought the illness from Lincolnshire is still alive, but has headaches. Richardson tried to contact the Consul, but he is traveling in France and Holland. He congratulates Sloane on the success of smallpox inoculation, noting that ‘it was practised in Asia long agoe’.
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]).
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John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – April 11, 1716
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Date: April 11, 1716
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044
Folio: f. 152
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Chamberlayne was harassed by Sloane’s gatekeeper when he tried to visit. He wants to know what the man’s orders were and expresses his desire to see him punished.
John Chamberlayne was a translator and editor specializing in modern languages which he studied at the University of Leiden. He translated works on many topics, was a fellow of the Royal Society, and published three works in the Philosophical Transactions (Reavley Gair, Chamberlayne, John (1668/91723), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5060, accessed 30 May 2011]).
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Martin Martin to Hans Sloane – September 26, 1698
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Date: September 26, 1698
Author: Martin Martin
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 127-128
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Encouraged by Sloane, Martin presumes to trouble him with a letter. Having travelled to a few of the western isles of Scotland, he has created a small collection of curiosities. Martin has enclosed a copy of the specimens along with his observations, as Sloane instructed him. If the essay is approved by Sloane, Martin asks that it be sent to William Charleton, who Martin designs to share the curiosities with also. He asks for the collection to be shown to members of the Royal Society in the hopes they might afford him the ‘necessary encouragement’ for another, more critical inquiry.
Martin studied medicine in Leiden and practiced as a doctor in Middlesex, England until his death in 1719 (Domhnall Uilleam Stibhart, Martin, Martin (d. 1718), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18201, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Meyer Löw Schomberg to Hans Sloane – January 27, 1729/30
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Date: January 27, 1729/30
Author: Meyer Löw Schomberg
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: ff. 268-269
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[fol. 268] Sr Since Mr de Crasto Sarmento has been a second time propos’d to the Royal Society on Thursday last, by the request of one Rudoriguez, I Count it my duty to represent to you as our President that it is to be fear’d a dishonour may be brought upon the Society by the admission of an unworthy person, whose character from Portugal is represented an informer, and who since he has been in this kingdom has deny’d his own stand to a money security which was after fully prov’d to be his in the Court of Chancery, which Facts will Clearly appear, shou’d you be pleas’d to depute any worthy person for shal purpose to enquire of Mr Justice Tallboy in Hoxton, & Mr Stevenson in Basinghall street, also the Gentlemen of repute of his own nation I am Sr your most obedt humble serv’t M Schomburg Jan: 27 1729-30
Meyer Löw Schomburg (1690-1761) was a German physician. He settled in London in 1721, treating the poor at the Great Synagogue. He was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1722 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1726. In 1729 Schomburg tried to block the entry of his rival Jacob de Castro Sarmento into the Royal Society (Edgar Samuel, ‘Schomberg , Meyer Löw (1690–1761)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24826, accessed 20 Aug 2014]).
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Robert Sibbald to Hans Sloane – June 26, 1699
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Date: June 26, 1699
Author: Robert Sibbald
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 295-296
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Library, Patronage, Royal Society, Scholarship
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Subjects
Academie des sciences, Balfour Library, Books, Botany, Cabinet, Curiosities, Polish Language, Recommendations, Scotland
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Date (as written)
June 26, 1699
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Ede [Edinburgh]
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Others mentioned
Mr Inglish
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Patients mentioned
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Sibbald’s friend Mr Inglish would have put the enclosed in Sloane’s hands many months ago, but his ship was prevented from traveling by the weather. A list of all the works included in the bundle is included. Sloane is to dispose of it as he sees fit. Sibbald asks if there are any ‘painted Books’ in the Balfour collection that Sloane would like him to procure. He discusses botany, cataloguing, and some curious inscriptions found at St Kirk’s Church in Scotland. Sibbald asks Sloane to allow Inglish to attend Royal Society meetings and view his Cabinet of Curiosities. He requests a work in the Gresham College Library: ‘An extract printed by J.M. Cowan in ‘Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh,’ Vol. XIX, no. XCI, 1933.’ Sibbald asks about a ‘History in the polish Language keept in the Library at Gresham Colledge’ and a ‘history of the Academie of Sciences’.
Sibbald was a physician and a geographer. He was physician to James VII (Charles W. J. Withers, Sibbald, Sir Robert (16411722), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25496, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Robert Southwell to Hans Sloane – December 15, 1699
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Date: December 15, 1699
Author: Robert Southwell
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 359-360
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[fol. 359]
Sr,
I was last night told by my Lrd Weymouth
that my Lrd Privy Seale and he had agreed, not
only to dine with us on Wednesday, but to go afterwards
to our Meeting at Gresham Colledge.
I will make bold to give you this Inclination,
because I know you will get Something then ready
that maybe worth the Time that their Lrdpps intend
to spent with us. I am
Sr
Your most affectionate friend & servant
R Southwell
Sir Robert Southwell was a diplomat and government official. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1662, and was elected president from 1690 to 1695 (Toby Barnard, Southwell, Sir Robert (16351702), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26066, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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Thomas Hearne to Hans Sloane – January 28, 1717/18
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Date: January 28, 1717/18
Author: Thomas Hearne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 87-88
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Hearne forwards ‘3 setts of Camden’s [history of] Eliz[abeth]. [on] small paper’. Sloane owes him a second payment of ’30s’ for it. A copy of the advertisement is enclosed (fol. 88).
Thomas Hearne (bap. 1678, d. 1735) was an antiquary and diarist. He began working at the Bodleian Library in 1701. A nonjuror, his refusal to take an oath of allegiance to King George I led to his dismissal from the Bodleian in 1716. Hearne published the works of several English chroniclers (Theodor Harmsen, Hearne, Thomas (bap. 1678, d. 1735), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12827, accessed 2 June 2011]).