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Peter Barwick to Hans Sloane – January 18, 1700
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Date: January 18, 1700
Author: Peter Barwick
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 368-369
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Barwick apologises for the ‘ill natured humour’ he was in when Sloane and Mr Poultney the apothecary came to see him. He says the apothecary and Dr Cole were in his parlour not two hours before. Barwick has been composing a letter to a person of quality: ‘every word of which I was to ponder well; because I knowe into which hands it might come’. He asks Sloane to become involved in his daughter’s business.
Peter Barwick (1619-1705) was a physician. He served Charles II in 1651 and was censor of the College of Physicians in 1674, 1684, and 1687. Sir Hans Sloane was one of the executors of Barwick’s will (Peter Elmer, ‘Barwick, Peter (1619–1705)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1614, accessed 9 July 2014]).
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Abraham de la Pryme to Hans Sloane – January 18, 1702/03
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Date: January 18, 1702/03
Author: Abraham de la Pryme
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 71-72
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De la Pryme has come into possession of two adder’s beads, exactly as described by a ‘learned and ingenious’ Welshman who believed they formerly belonged to Druids. De la Pryme has come to believe that they are glass beads formed to wind thread on. He ponders from whence the beads came.
De la Pryme was an antiquary, who established extensive correspondence with other antiquaries such as Nathaniel Johnston, Thomas Gale, Ralph Thoresby, and Sloane. In 1702, on Sloanes proposal, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society (C. E. A. Cheesman, Pryme, Abraham (16711704), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22852, accessed 25 June 2013]).
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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]).
Dates: to
Occupation: Unknown
Relationship to Sloane:
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – August 10, 1700
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Date: August 10, 1700
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 47-48
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[fol. 47]
Dear Sr.
I return you a thousand thanks for faves in London & question not but shll do ye same for procuring me ye honer to wait you by grace, ye prospect being very agreeable. I did not get to Badivixgton till wenesday, ye horses sent to meet me, by ye neglect of servt coming too late or letting ye coach pass wth out asking yesterday working his grain set out for this place & was met by most of ye genty wth in ye focept of Dear; severall were there that were not expected, having been violent ennamies of the late years to ye family, & ye rest of them design to wait upon his grace here, who by his sweat temper & obliging be haviour will bring them intirely into his interest. we shall stay here but 4 or 5 days & then go for Ld Coventicas so yt shall not return to Baduington this fortnight at least. I was extremely supris’d to see ye gardens wch out do anything in Europe, I shall give Mr. Ray some acct. of them
Fol. 47v
there being a great many nondescripts in good state to describe, but that might be at more leisure. I saw Dr Godnar Bridges & his cocufaguious, Mr. Gora & severall other friends at ye Ball where we drank yr health together. my humble service to yr good Lady & family & to all frinds at ye clubb & else where, from
Yr most bliged humble Serv’t
WSherard
Troy near Moumouth
Augst 10th 1700
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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John Mortimer (1656?-1736) was an agricultural writer. Born in London, he received a commercial education and became a successful merchant. In 1693 he retired to practice his ideas on agricultural improvement. He published ‘The Whole Art of Husbandry, in the way of Managing and Improving Land’ in 1707 which was popular and influential. He dedicated this work to the Royal Society, of which he had been a Fellow since 1705.
Reference:
Thomas Seccombe, Mortimer, John (1656?1736), rev. Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19348, accessed 18 July 2013].
Dates: to
Occupation: Unknown
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – October 17, 1698
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Date: October 17, 1698
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4037
Folio: ff. 138-139
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Library, Scholarship, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Subjects
Books, Booksellers, Botany, Catalogues, Italy
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Date (as written)
October 17, 1698
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Frascati, Italy
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Others mentioned
Gjuro Baglivi (Georgius Baglivus) Mr Pullagni Frederik Ruysch Captain Hatton Dr Comeline
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Patients mentioned
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Sherard discusses the Italian book trade and his pursuit of the books Sloane is interested in purchasing. He will be returning to Rome soon and will write Sloane when he gets there. Sherard details his botanical observations.
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 Derham to Hans Sloane – December 13, 1708
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Date: December 13, 1708
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 255-256
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[fol. 256]
Sr Upmr Dec: 13 1708
Last night Ned Luckin (the man yt lives next your
House at Orset) lay here, & tells me an odd story of
your House in Rotten-row, wch I cant forbear but tell
you of, viz That it hath been for divers years haunt-
ed, & that he himself hath heard the noises therein
when no body lived in it. The people that live in it
now, & yt lived therein before receive disturbances
constantly every night by great rumbling in the
chambers, dashing the Doors open, & shutting them wth
me, that the womans Spinning-wheel (standing by her
[bed]-side in the room they ly) is whirled about as
if they spun, yt the warming-pan hanging by her
bed-side is rattled & rung; that a woman who lay
in the one of the Chambers lately had the clothes
pulled off her bed perpetually, & putting out his
hand to pull them on, she felt a cold hand
take her by her hand, as she hold Lucking, with
a great deal more to this purpose, too much
to be now related, by reason the P. Post stays for
me. You being a very curious man, I wish you
would come, & we would go, & ly there a night
When I see you (wch not till Xmas is past) I will tell you more
unless you will be persuaded to come in the holydays & hear &
see what your house affords our curiosity. In greatest hast
Sr Your most obliged humble servt
Wm Derham
Derham was a Church of England clergyman and a natural philosopher, interested in nature, mathematics, and philosophy. He frequently requested medical advice from Sloane, and likely served as a physician to his family and parishioners (Marja Smolenaars, “Derham, William (1657-1735)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).
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William Derham to Hans Sloane – June 28, 1708
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Date: June 28, 1708
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 168-169
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[fol. 169]
Sr Upmr Jun 28 1708
Culverwell was with me on Saturday, & very
pressing about his Floor, by readon his Rye grows ripe,
& Harvest draws nigh. He saith that all the Floor
was covered wth single Deals, but yt about 5 years agoe he
was forced to pull up one part to mind the order, &
that his Corn hath suffered much by it since, the clay floor
being at some times of the year so soft as to suffer the
impression of the feet, & fowleth all his corn threshed
thereon; which I believe is true enough. The part
uncovered is but 12 feet, which will not much en-
hance the charge. I therefore ordered him to prepare
for flooring the whole; & I suppose he will be in Lon-
don with the Carpenter yt was with you, to buy the
Deals on Monday next. The Joyce that are allready
laid he saith will all do again, they having been
well repaired not above 8 or 9 years agoe. So that your
charge I lay thus.
Nince Joyce each 12 feet long, at 3d p foot running
Whose scantling shall be 4 inches one way & 5 ye other
[GBP] s d
1 7 0
50 Double Deals at 2s or 2s-2d per Deal
5 0 0
Pin-wood, or what may happen more
0 3 0
The Carpenter (& Culverwell also promiseth the same) that if
Any Deals be left unused they will take them off your hands
& allow you for them the same they stand you in, for which reason
they may perhaps buy more than 50. I should be glad that you would
come the next week, & view it your slef, which if you do not, I
you I told
my imposing us
are now laid to seem whole will sink under our feet, they are
so rotten underneath, & grown so thin. Which seems probable e-
nough by reason they are white Deals, & single (that is but an
inch thick) & the floor earth under the floor damp. I shall
be at home all the ensuing week, & ready any day to wait on you,
all times to shew my self
Sr Your much obliged, faithfull humble servt
W Derham
My humble service
to your Lady.
I hear since my writing this that
Culverwell & the Carpenter cannot go to London
to buy the Deals before next Fryday; therefore if you can come
before you may order matters as they ought to be.
Derham was a Church of England clergyman and a natural philosopher, interested in nature, mathematics, and philosophy. He frequently requested medical advice from Sloane, and likely served as a physician to his family and parishioners (Marja Smolenaars, “Derham, William (1657-1735)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).
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William Derham to Hans Sloane – June 21, 1703
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Date: June 21, 1703
Author: William Derham
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 151-152
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[fol. 152]
Sr Upminster D. Jun: 21. 1703.
Upon what you were pleased to tell me at the last
Meeting of the R. Society, I searched my Papers at my return
Home, & find that I have sent you all my Registers of the
Weather &, wth Remarks & Observations upon them.
You have already published in the Transactions my
Regrs of ye year 1697, 98 & 99. And those of 1700 & 1701
I sent you both together some time last year (I forget the
particular time) with a Lr [letter] of the most usefull Deductions
I could make concerning the Fertility [?], Health, or of
those Years, as also some remarkable Phenomena of the
Barometer. My Regr of 1702 I sent you about last
March.
These Larger Tables I fear may create more trouble
to the Printer & Composer than they are woth. However
having made them for my own diversion & satisfaction, I
sent them to you, because you told requested me so to
do; & told me that they should be reposited among the
papers of the Society, to be of use perhaps at some time
& to some body or other.
Imagining thus that these Registers at large would
hardly be printed, I made some extracts out of them,
& joyned them with some of Mr Fenneleys observations
of the same nature; wch I sent (with some other business)
in a Lr to Mr Houghton for your use.
Thus Sr I have given you a brief account of what
hath been published of my weather & Observations & what
is in your hands unpublished. And therein I have endeavoured
to satisfy your request at our last meeting. If I have not, I shall rea-
dily observe your commands, if you will be pleased to write to me by
the General-Post to Rumford, because I have some business wch I fear will
detain me from waiting upon you at the Society the two next Wednesdays
I am told yt the Academy of Sciences have made some remarks on
My Rain Observations, but cannot find any thing of it in Fenton-
nellis [?] History. If you know any thing of yt matter, I am pleased
to write, I desire the favour of you to tell me where I may meett
with it. In wch you will add to the many obligations you have laid
upon
Sr
Your faithful humble servant
Wm Derham
Derham was a Church of England clergyman and a natural philosopher, interested in nature, mathematics, and philosophy. He frequently requested medical advice from Sloane, and likely served as a physician to his family and parishioners (Marja Smolenaars, “Derham, William (1657-1735)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7528, accessed 7 June 2011]).
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Samuel Smith to Hans Sloane – December 28, 1706
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Date: December 28, 1706
Author: Samuel Smith
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 281-282
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Smith was told that Sloane has some money for Mrs Ray, which he is to get a receipt for and deliver.
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]).
