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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – April 27, 1702
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Date: April 27, 1702
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: f. 332
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Sherard asks Sloane if he is familiar with Dr Areskin, who worked at ‘Duberney’s house’. Areskin has taken anatomical courses in London and wants to wait on Sloane. Sherard inquires as to whether Dr Hooke will deliver his lecture, as he was sick for some time before.
Sherard was a botanist and cataloguer. He worked for the Turkish Company at Smyrna where he collected botanical specimens and antiques (D. E. Allen, Sherard, William (16591728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25355, accessed 24 June 2011]).
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – November 4, 1721
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Date: November 4, 1721
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 144-145
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[fol. 145]
Hon:d Sir
I deferred making my returne to your last obliging letter till I could give you some satisfactory account of the malignant Fevere which has been so fatall in this place which is now very much abated, not above three or fouer persons are dead of it since my last, & all of them old persons; it has of late appeared to be of the intermitting kind in some a regulare tertion & in others a double tertion when it showd it selfe of this kind I was in hopes that the Bark might have been of very great use, but upon repeated trials I found it did not answer my expectation without the addition of Alexapharmick & these alone were of more service; those yt perspired pretty freely recovered the best; one thing I generally observed that the sweat of these persons had an usuall suffocalinty smel, I was desired to visit a neighboure who was seized with a paralytic motion in his left side I found upon in: :quiry that this reaction was periodical & had returned about twelve o clock for three or fouer days swieffively, & continued about two houres in each pmaxyme; by the use of alexapharmaticks he is now recoverd, though the fits continued upon him about fourteen days. I was shown a poor man in Bradford by an Apothecarry there, who in his fitts had such indent motions in his leggs & armes that (dark) the bent of the skin from his leggs & ellbows, & was forced to (^) his lyed sown in his bed though at the same time he was perfectly sensible. I ordered him to be blushed in severall places & by the use of Alex: :apharmatick is in a prossessing was of recovery.
Woodcocks are come to as trip year sooner then usuall; perhaps you may not have them yet in the fourth in plenty, which makes me take the freedome to send you a pott of them on Wednesday last by Tho: Fenton a Bradford Carrier.
Fol. 145v
that they came to you safe & in good order wil be very velu[…] accounts to
Hon’d Sr
Ric: Richardson
North Bierley
Nov: 4th 1721
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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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – November 4, 1721
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Date: November 4, 1721
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 144-145
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Transcription
[fol. 145]
Hon:d Sir
I deferred making my returne to your last obliging letter till I could give you some satisfactory account of the malignant Fevere which has been so fatall in this place which is now very much abated, not above three or fouer persons are dead of it since my last, & all of them old persons; it has of late appeared to be of the intermitting kind in some a regulare tertion & in others a double tertion when it showd it selfe of this kind I was in hopes that the Bark might have been of very great use, but upon repeated trials I found it did not answer my expectation without the addition of Alexapharmick & these alone were of more service; those yt perspired pretty freely recovered the best; one thing I generally observed that the sweat of these persons had an usuall suffocalinty smel, I was desired to visit a neighboure who was seized with a paralytic motion in his left side I found upon in: :quiry that this reaction was periodical & had returned about twelve o clock for three or fouer days swieffively, & continued about two houres in each pmaxyme; by the use of alexapharmaticks he is now recoverd, though the fits continued upon him about fourteen days. I was shown a poor man in Bradford by an Apothecarry there, who in his fitts had such indent motions in his leggs & armes that (dark) the bent of the skin from his leggs & ellbows, & was forced to (^) his lyed sown in his bed though at the same time he was perfectly sensible. I ordered him to be blushed in severall places & by the use of Alex: :apharmatick is in a prossessing was of recovery.
Woodcocks are come to as trip year sooner then usuall; perhaps you may not have them yet in the fourth in plenty, which makes me take the freedome to send you a pott of them on Wednesday last by Tho: Fenton a Bradford Carrier.
Fol. 145v
that they came to you safe & in good order wil be very velu[…] accounts to
Hon’d Sr
Ric: Richardson
North Bierley
Nov: 4th 1721
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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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – November 4, 1721
Item info
Date: November 4, 1721
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 144-145
Original Page
Transcription
[fol. 145]
Hon:d Sir
I deferred making my returne to your last obliging letter till I could give you some satisfactory account of the malignant Fevere which has been so fatall in this place which is now very much abated, not above three or fouer persons are dead of it since my last, & all of them old persons; it has of late appeared to be of the intermitting kind in some a regulare tertion & in others a double tertion when it showd it selfe of this kind I was in hopes that the Bark might have been of very great use, but upon repeated trials I found it did not answer my expectation without the addition of Alexapharmick & these alone were of more service; those yt perspired pretty freely recovered the best; one thing I generally observed that the sweat of these persons had an usuall suffocalinty smel, I was desired to visit a neighboure who was seized with a paralytic motion in his left side I found upon in: :quiry that this reaction was periodical & had returned about twelve o clock for three or fouer days swieffively, & continued about two houres in each pmaxyme; by the use of alexapharmaticks he is now recoverd, though the fits continued upon him about fourteen days. I was shown a poor man in Bradford by an Apothecarry there, who in his fitts had such indent motions in his leggs & armes that (dark) the bent of the skin from his leggs & ellbows, & was forced to (^) his lyed sown in his bed though at the same time he was perfectly sensible. I ordered him to be blushed in severall places & by the use of Alex: :apharmatick is in a prossessing was of recovery.
Woodcocks are come to as trip year sooner then usuall; perhaps you may not have them yet in the fourth in plenty, which makes me take the freedome to send you a pott of them on Wednesday last by Tho: Fenton a Bradford Carrier.
Fol. 145v
that they came to you safe & in good order wil be very velu[…] accounts to
Hon’d Sr
Ric: Richardson
North Bierley
Nov: 4th 1721
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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Name: N/A Unnamed
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Age:
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Description
The man is from Bradbury and was visited by an apothecary. He had 'violent motions in his leggs and armes'. The man was bedridden.
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
Previous Treatment: Richardson had the man 'blistred in several places' and prescribed 'Alexapharmicks'.
Ongoing Treatment:
Response: The man is recovering.
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Convulsions, Fevers, Convulsions
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – October, 1699
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Date: October, 1699
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 344-345
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Transcription
Sherard discusses scholarship and natural historical books.
Sherard was a botanist and cataloguer. He worked for the Turkish Company at Smyrna where he collected botanical specimens and antiques (D. E. Allen, Sherard, William (16591728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25355, accessed 24 June 2011]).
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – October 7, 1699
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Date: October 7, 1699
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 340-341
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Transcription
Sherard writes of the publishing of natural historical works, scholarship, and the travels of natural historians.
Sherard was a botanist and cataloguer. He worked for the Turkish Company at Smyrna where he collected botanical specimens and antiques (D. E. Allen, Sherard, William (16591728), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/25355, accessed 24 June 2011]).
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James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos to Hans Sloane – December 4, 1721
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Date: December 4, 1721
Author: James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 152-153
Original Page
Transcription
Brydges discusses the ‘African Company’ and its business ventures. Mr Hay is supposed to travel to Africa to look for opportunities. He is described as a ‘good Botanist’.
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1674-1744) was a politician, patron of the arts, and, like Sloane, on the Board of Governors of the Foundling Hospital. (Joan Johnson, Brydges, James, first duke of Chandos (16741744), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3806, accessed 30 Aug 2011]).
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James Cuninghame to Hans Sloane – January 4, 1709
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Date: January 4, 1709
Author: James Cuninghame
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 266
Original Page
Transcription
[fol. 266]
Dr Sloane
Mr James Pettiver
Kind Srs.
I having lately arrivd here
in the Ship Anna Capt. Nelly Comdr being now at a
considerable distances from ye said Ship, Im obligd at present
to send you an empty Letter contrary to my usual custom
for which shall endeavour to make you amends
being in expectation of overtaking this advice &
therefore shall not need to add further but desire
to be heartily remembred to all our worthy Freinds, &
to own myself to be wth all respect & since
Worthy Sirs
yr most obliged
&
most Humble servt
Cuninghame
Calcutta
Jan: 4th. 1708/9.
[Another hand]
Recd by Dr Sloan
Augt 1709
James Cuninghame (fl. 1698-1709) became a member of the Royal Society in 1699. He traveled the world as a trader and collected information, plant specimens, and curiosities until his death in 1709 (Gordon Goodwin, Cuninghame , James (fl. 16981709), rev. D. J. Mabberley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6922, accessed 24 June 2013]).
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John Lely to Hans Sloane – July 10, 1703
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Date: July 10, 1703
Author: John Lely
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 161-162
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Transcription
Lely describes a bust whose ‘Nose was mutilated’. The body of the statue was not in good shape either, for Lely had ‘let it lye some time in the Water’. He believes it to be a genuine statue, as ‘the moderns’ could not imitate such great work. He thinks £10 is a fair price. If the nose were in better condition he could get £40.
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 (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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James Cuninghame to James Petiver – January 4, 1709
Item info
Date: January 4, 1709
Author: James Cuninghame
Recipient: James Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: f. 266
Original Page
Transcription
[fol. 266]
Dr Sloane
Mr James Pettiver
Kind Srs.
I having lately arrivd here
in the Ship Anna Capt. Nelly Comdr being now at a
considerable distances from ye said Ship, Im obligd at present
to send you an empty Letter contrary to my usual custom
for which shall endeavour to make you amends
being in expectation of overtaking this advice &
therefore shall not need to add further but desire
to be heartily remembred to all our worthy Freinds, &
to own myself to be wth all respect & since
Worthy Sirs
yr most obliged
&
most Humble servt
Cuninghame
Calcutta
Jan: 4th. 1708/9.
[Another hand]
Recd by Dr Sloan
Augt 1709
James Cuninghame (fl. 1698-1709) became a member of the Royal Society in 1699. He traveled the world as a trader and collected information, plant specimens, and curiosities until his death in 1709 (Gordon Goodwin, Cuninghame , James (fl. 16981709), rev. D. J. Mabberley, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6922, accessed 24 June 2013]).