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Letter 4179

J.T.D. to Petiver –


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Date:
Author: J.T.D.
Recipient: Petiver

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 310



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[…]day Sir, All these things may be ready in a fortnights time. I have set down the [price?] of every thing but the Painted Glass, concerning which you may read at the bottom of the note. I am Sr your humble Servant J.T.D. 25. 0. 0 1. 10. 0 1. 10. 0 3. 15. 0 2. 2. 0 1. 1. 6 3. 10. 0 0 10. 0. 28: 18: 6

Desaguliers provides Petiver with a list of prices for an unspecified quantity of commodities. Desaguliers was the son of French Huguenots who quit France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685). He was a natural philosopher and engineer, became Sir Isaac Newton’s pupil, was a proponent of Newtonianism, and performed lectures and experiments at the Royal Society (Patricia Fara, Desaguliers, John Theophilus (16831744), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7539, accessed 12 July 2013]).




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Thomas Molyneux

Thomas Molyneux was a physician and natural philosopher who corresponded with Sloane, Edward Lhuyd, and John Locke

Reference:

(J. B. Lyons, Molyneux, Sir Thomas, first baronet (16611733), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18927, accessed 4 July 2011]).



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Daniel Malthus

Daniel Malthus (1651-1717) served as apothecary to Queen Anne and George I and was the great-grandfather of the political economist and demographer Thomas Robert Malthus

Reference:

J. M. Pullen, ‘Malthus, (Thomas) Robert (1766–1834)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17902, accessed 7 July 2014].



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William Musgrave Jr.

William Musgrave, Junior was the son of of William Musgrave, Senior.

Reference:

Alick Cameron, ‘Musgrave, William (1655-1721)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19668 [accessed 8 July 2013]).



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Richard Waller

Richard Waller was a natural philosopher and translator who worked as the Royal Society’s secretary. He also served on its council and edited the Philosophical Transactions.

Reference:

Lotte Mulligan, Waller, Richard (c.16601715), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48707, accessed 19 June 2013].



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Charles Cadogan

Charles Cadogan (1685-1776), 2nd Baron Cadogan was the younger brother of William Cadogan, Earl Cadogan, who was an army officer and diplomat. Charles was an army officer, elected MP for Reading in 1716, and married Sir Hans Sloane’s daughter Elizabeth in 1717.

Reference:

James Falkner, ‘Cadogan, William, Earl Cadogan (1671/2-1726)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4310 [accessed 15 July 2013]).



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George Cheyne

George Cheyne (1671/2-1743) was a physician and published many books on philosophical and health-related topics. He promoted taking the waters at Bath and his popular treatise ‘An Essay of Health and Long Life’ (1724) served as a guide to good living. He suffered from extreme obesity, at one point weighing roughly 448 pounds.

Reference:

Anita Guerrini, ‘Cheyne, George (1671/2-1743)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5258 [accessed 5 July 2013]).



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Mary Astell

Mary Astell (1666-1731) started a charity school for the daughters of pensioners in the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, for which she found a suitable site, raised funds, and planned the curriculum.

Reference;

Ruth Perry, ‘Astell, Mary (1666-1731)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/814 [accessed 18 Aug 2011]).



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Richard Bradley

Richard Bradley (1688?-1732) was a scientific author, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Professor of Botany at Cambridge.

Reference:

Frank N. Egerton, ‘Bradley, Richard (1688?-1732)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3189 [accessed 10 Nov 2012]).



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Robert Walpole

Sir Robert Walpole, later the 1st Earl of Orford, was a politician and the first prime minister of Great Britain.

Reference:

Stephen Taylor, ‘Walpole, Robert, first earl of Orford (1676-1745)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/28601 [accessed 18 Aug 2011]).



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