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Rose Fuller to Hans Sloane – September 6, 1731
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Date: September 6, 1731
Author: Rose Fuller
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4052
Folio: ff. 7-8
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[fol. 7] Honred Sr I received yours of ye 3d Instant for which I am very much obliged to you. I have wrote this day to Mr. Richmond and have acquainted him wth what you desired. Dr. Arbuthnot has a brother att Paris, (as you mention) a man of great reputation and who I know is very well acquainted wch the person you design to employ, so that if you write but a line to him he will furnish him wth money according to your desires: you may send orders also att the same time whether you wou’d have all the books contained in the Catalogue which you sent met, the which he has att present, and what other books you wou’d have him buy for you for I believe. he is uncertain, where to goe to work, upon account of the marks which you sent to the titles of some, which you more particularly wanted and wou’d be glad to know of you desired the unmarked if he coud get them att a reasonable price I thank you very heartily for the caution you gave me of the dangerous consequences of ye Lauro-cerasus. which people in this country make much use of in the things you have mentioned, and even in our own family they have often made […] and cherry brancy wth ye leaves and fruit, but happily hither to without any accident. I have since my last to you met wth an odd mixture of two different species in the animal I here send you, of which the sore part is a perfect cat, and the kind has as perfectly the make and motion of a Rabbit, which you will perceive immediatly upon seeing it goe along, which it does by washing wch it’s forelegs like, the former and hopping after like the latter wth its hind; it has no tail but, a small sent: I take it to be a male; It was engender’d as we imagine between a sow cat, and a buck rabbit, which was kept same nor far distant from her. I am sorry I can obtain no other curiosity that
[fol. 8] may better deserve a place amongst those most wonderfull productions of Nature which adorn your collections, but hope nevertheless that you will accept of this, (small as it is) as a mark of the sincere duty and respects wth which I am Honred Sr
Your most obedient Grandson
And most humble servant
Rose Fuller
Rosehill Sept: 6. 1731
P:S: The Cat will eat milk and catch mice like common cats, and therefore will be of no manner of trouble.
Rose Fuller (1708-1777) was a politician, gun-founder and landowner. He was Sir Hans Sloane’s grandson. Fuller studied medicine at Cambridge from 1725 to 1728 and Leiden from 1729 to 1732 and went to Jamaica in 1733 to supervise the family estates. He served in the Jamaican assembly for some time before returning to England in 1755. Fuller was elected MP for Rye in 1768 (J. S. Hodgkinson, ‘Fuller family (per. c.1650–1803)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/47494, accessed 14 Aug 2014]).
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Jo: Douglas to J. Petiver –
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Author: Jo: Douglas
Recipient: J. Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 333
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I was hurried away so unex==pectedly,
that I could not possibly wait
upon you, however you may depend
upon’t, I’ll take all possible care
to oblige you in what you desire.
The Admiral not the fleet
from the Downs, are Just now
come in sight, so yt I expect to sail
very suddenly.
In my next I’ll give you my
direction till when I wish
you all properity & successe.
[Yt?] is all at present from
him that you shall always be proud to
serve you.
Jo: Douglas N:B
John Douglas was unable to wait on James Petiver but assures him that he will do whatever he can to oblige him in whatever he desires. John Douglas was a surgeon famous after 1719 for his method of removing stones. He published a book elucidating the procedure in 1720 and was appointed surgeon to Westminster Hospital in 1721 (Michael Bevan, Douglas, John (d. 1743), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7907, accessed 18 July 2013]).
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Daniel Turner to Hans Sloane – July 2nd 1733
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Date: July 2nd 1733
Author: Daniel Turner
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 3
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Turner Apologizes for his bookseller forgetting to send Sloane the book he has enclosed.
Daniel Turner was admitted as a surgeon to the Barber-Surgeons’ Company of London in 1691. He participated in four dissections that were recorded and published in the Philosophical Transactions between 1693 and 1694. In 1711, after twenty years of practicing surgery, he was admitted as a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. Turner published treatises on the nature and place of surgery in medicine throughout his career and engaged in debates on the treatment of syphilis (Philip K. Wilson, Turner, Daniel (16671741), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27844, accessed 15 Aug 2013]).
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John Henley to Hans Sloane – Aug. 13. 1734
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Date: Aug. 13. 1734
Author: John Henley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 253
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Henley writes to Sloane about “The dignity of Physic & of Physicians vindicated against the Suggestions of Dr. (?) Middleton” will be advertised very soon. It will be spoken on Wednesday evening at six. He shall be proud of the honour of Sloane’s company at it.
John Henley (1692-1756) attended Cambridge where he was outspoken and found it restrictive. He was ordained deacon in 1716 and ambitions took him to London in 1720. in 1725 he founded the Oratory, his own chapel and became the Orator, separating from the Church of England, and subsided by selling subscriptions to his books. Later, he began a Gentleman’s Own University, offering lectures and private tutorials on a range of subjects. (Graham Midgley, ‘Henley, John (1692–1756)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12928, accessed 17 Aug 2015])
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Edward Milward to Hans Sloane – November 6th 1733
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Date: November 6th 1733
Author: Edward Milward
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 70
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Milward writes to thank Sloane for his Friendship and requests any job in his business either here or abroad that Sloane may offer to him. He fills the letter with complements and praise, emphasizing his respect for Sloane and his work.
Edward Milward (1711/12-1757), physician and writer was educated at Trinity College Cambridge but left without graduating and acquired his doctor of medicine from a European university, probably Leiden. His main interests were medical writers of antiquity on which he wrote many essays. Alexander Du Toit, Milward, Edward (1711/12-1757), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18806, accessed 13 Aug 2015]).
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Joseph Ames to Hans Sloane – December 13th 1733
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Date: December 13th 1733
Author: Joseph Ames
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Ms 4053
Folio: f. 112
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Ames writes to Sloane updating him on Job as Sloane requested. Ames and Job went to Hamlin’s Coffee house at the exchange where they met Mr Blewit with whom Ames had a slight argument. “The Company” is a topic of conversation which has a ship bound for Gambia which Job will sail on.
Joseph Ames (bap.1687, d.1759) bibliographer and antiquary, elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743. He was admitted to the Society of antiquaries and contributed to their Thursday meetings. He frequented university libraries as well as those of the members of both societies. (Robin Myers, ‘Ames, Joseph (bap. 1687, d. 1759)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/439, accessed 13 Aug 2015])
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Joseph Ames to Hans Sloane – December 20th 1733
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Date: December 20th 1733
Author: Joseph Ames
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 118
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Ames writes to Sloane about meeting Mr Holden and Mr Brassy at the African Coffee House. The governor of the Company and Job are also mentioned.
Joseph Ames (bap.1687, d.1759) bibliographer and antiquary, elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1743. He was admitted to the Society of antiquaries and contributed to their Thursday meetings. He frequented university libraries as well as those of the members of both societies. (Robin Myers, ‘Ames, Joseph (bap. 1687, d. 1759)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/439, accessed 13 Aug 2015])
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Martin Folkes to Hans Sloane – January 23rd 1734
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Date: January 23rd 1734
Author: Martin Folkes
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 151
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Folkes writes to Sloane that Sir Thomas Dereham showed him a letter from Sloane where Sloane happily passed on a recommendation Folkes had made. He mentions his brother as well who was pleased to be recommended to the Society. He takes this opportunity to mention a Monsignor Leprotti, first physician to the pope, a man of great learning who is particularly acquainted with the works of the society and respects all the members. Folkes says he has never met a gentleman of greater merit or curiosity. He has a noble library of philosophical books and, like Sloane, likes communicating them to the use of all. Folkes concludes that he believes Leprotti to be very valuable and useful correspondent. The second man he mentions is the R. father Ravillas, Prior of St. Alexius upon Mount Clementine, and Professor of Philosophy. A very qualified gentleman skilled in natural knowledge and experimental philosophy. Both these men are also recommended by fellows Signor Mamfredi and Father Grandi. Folkes closes by mentioning that a Cardinal had just sold his collection of marbles and offers his service to Sloane.
Martin Folkes was an antiquary and natural philosopher. He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge and inherited a large estate from his father. Folkes was appointed Vice-President of the Royal Society in 1723 and contributed articles to the Philosophical Transactions. After the death of Royal Society President Sir Isaac Newton in 1727 Folkes and Sloane, both vice-presidents, petitioned to succeed him. Sloane won the election and Folkes only returned to the Royal Society Council in 1733. He succeeded Sloane as President from 1741 to 1752 (David Boyd Haycock, Folkes, Martin (16901754), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9795, accessed 16 Aug 2013]).
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Henry Newman to Hans Sloane – Tuesday 9. April 1734
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Date: Tuesday 9. April 1734
Author: Henry Newman
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 193
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Extract of Minutes of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Bartel’s Buildngs
Tuesday 9. April 1734
Mr. Copping reported that Sr. Hans Sloan had presented and recommended the Memorial relating to the support of the Salisbury Ministers gone to Georgia to the Rt. Hon.ble the Countess of Harold and the Trustees of the late Earl of Shanet’s Charity.
Agreed that Mr. Copping be desired to return the Thanks of the Society to Sr. Hans Sloan for his good offices on that occasion.
Henry Newman (1670-1743) was Secretary for The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. He graduated BA and MA from Harvard, worked as a librarian, and entered the commercial fishing industry in Newfoundland until 1703 when he settled in England to work for the Society (Leonard W. Cowie, ‘Newman, Henry (1670–1743)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39693, accessed 14 Aug 2015]).
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William Browne to Hans Sloane – May 4 1734
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Date: May 4 1734
Author: William Browne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 209
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Browne writes to Sloane about a patient with pain in his stomach and bowels from whom 8 oz of blood was taken from his arm on April 26th. His complexion was discoloured and the periods of his fever became certain and fixed with pain on the left. Browne has given 3 or 4 doses everyday of a bark mix. Lately he has had sharp pain, but no fever. He has vomited twice this week, his body opens up with the rhubarb added to the bark.
He writes that they began Sloane’s receipt on April the 29th and will try to see if his stomach will bear the Bark.
Sir William Browne gained his MD from Cambridge in 1725 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1726. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1739 and knighted in 1748. Browne published books on a wide range of topics and served the Royal College of Physicians in a number of capacities (Leslie Stephen, Browne, Sir William (16921774), rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3708, accessed 13 Aug 2013]).