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John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – November 6, 1711
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Date: November 6, 1711
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4043
Folio: ff. 6-7
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Chamberlayne sends the translation Sloane requested. He apologizes for its poor quality. He thanks Sloane for the Philosophical Transactions. Chamberlayne is impressed with Arbuthnot’s study on the number of males and females in the natural world.
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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Samuel Haliday to Hans Sloane – March, 1715/16
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Date: March, 1715/16
Author: Samuel Haliday
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044
Folio: f. 147
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Haliday sends a book by Monsieur Le Clerc about worms in the human body and a medical treatise ‘concerning the Disease […] amongst the Cattel’. He recommends Dr Chenaud, who is ‘highly esteem’d by all that know him for his good sense, good Humour & obliging Temper.’
Haliday was a minister who studied in Glasgow and Leiden before being ordained in Geneva, Switzerland (A. D. G. Steers, Haliday , Samuel (16851739), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11930, accessed 28 June 2011]).
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – September 29, 1697
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Date: September 29, 1697
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 356-357
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[fol. 356] Sr, I have this morning by carrier remitted ye 2 Tribes of Jamaica Plants you last sent. Mr Smith in his Letter to me made no mention of his determining them. He sent me together with them in back in folio of the description & figures of the more rare Plants of the Physick garden of Amsterdam wch I suppose you have by this time perused. Some plants I there find discovered also & described by you. I hope now you will hasten the edition of your naturall History of Jamaica &c that it may be published before my supplement be finished wch then may neither defraud you of the Honour of the first publication nor hinder but rather advantage the the sale of ye book. So with ye tender of my Wives humble service I take leave & rest Sr Your obliged friend & humble Servant John Ray B.N. 7br.29.97
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]).
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John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – November 26, 1702
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Date: November 26, 1702
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 47-48
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Chamberlayne asks Sloane if he has heard anything from Leeuwenhoek. He hopes Sloane will make a correction for him by inserting James Vernon, Esq. into a list, as Chamberlayne cannot attend the Royal Society meeting. He asks that Sloane return Colonel Dudley’s letters.
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 (1668/9-1723)”, 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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John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – December 17, 1702
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Date: December 17, 1702
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 51
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Chamberlayne has received a letter from Leeuwenhoek and is forwards the translation to Sloane. He asks again for Sloane to return Colonel Dudley’s letters if the Royal Society is not going to print them.
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 (1668/9-1723)”, 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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John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – January 20, 1702/03
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Date: January 20, 1702/03
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 73-74
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Chamberlayne has received a letter from Leeuwenhoek. He will send an account of it as soon as possible. In the meantime, he asks Sloane to forward a book Leeuwenhoek wants to peruse.
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 (1668/9-1723)”, 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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John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – February 15, 1702/03
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Date: February 15, 1702/03
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 87-88
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Chamberlayne apologizes for his misunderstanding. He does not understand why Sloane’s schedule keeps him from returning Colonel Dudley’s letters. He has not received the Philosophical ‘Transactions from Mr Smith since July & August last inclusive’.
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 (1668/9-1723)”, 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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John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – March 12, 1702/03
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Date: March 12, 1702/03
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 100
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Chamberlayne presents Sloane with his latest letter from Leeuwenhoek. It is to be put before the Royal Society. Chamberlayne has translated ‘samen-stremen’ as ‘cement, coagulat, coalesce & unite’, but he is unsure whether it is accurate. He submits it to Sloane’s judgment.
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 (1668/9-1723)”, 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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John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – May 10, 1703
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Date: May 10, 1703
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: f. 127
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Chamberlayne encloses an unspecified curiosity. A poor woman makes money by showing it. He asks for Sloane’s answer regarding his request for copies of the Philosophical Transactions.
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 (1668/9-1723)”, 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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John Chamberlayne to Hans Sloane – June 26, 1703
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Date: June 26, 1703
Author: John Chamberlayne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 155-156
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Chamberlayne writes on behalf of Mr Shaw, a barrister who wishes to become a member of the Royal Society. He will try to be at the next meeting to remind Sloane to put Shaw forward as a candidate. He inquires about translation of Sloane’s ‘Collection of Travels’.
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]).