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Ad. Buddle to Petiver – Tuesday morning eleven of ye clock
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Date: Tuesday morning eleven of ye clock
Author: Ad. Buddle
Recipient: Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 283
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Mr Petiver
Your company is desired at six of ye
clock this evening at ye grey-hound
Tavern by salisbury court in fleet street
you will be sure to meet Mr [Lerhet?]
& my self; perhaps Dr Nicholson &
Mr Doody
Yours Ad. Buddle
Tuesday morning
eleven of ye clock
Adam Buddle informs Mr. Petiver that his “company is desired at … ye grey-hound Tavern by salisbury court in fleet street[.]” There is a lengthy postscript attached to the end of this letter, which carries over onto the envelope. In the postscript, Buddle mentions his brother. It appears that Buddle also mentions Mr Airy, Mr Bradies and his grandmother but the text is somewhat illegible making it difficult to confirm. In addition, Buddle mentions payments and bonds but little else can be gathered from the postscript, as the text is largely unintelligible. Adam Buddle (bap. 1662, d. 1715) was a botanist and an ordained minister with the Church of England. While living in Henley, Suffolk, Buddle corresponded with James Petiver and Samuel Doody. Buddle had an impressive collection of mosses and grasses that he lent to Petiver and Doody, which were later passed on to Tournefort and Bobart. Buddle also acquired several specimens of English flora, which he bequeathed to Sloane. (James Britten, ‘Buddle, Adam (bap. 1662, d. 1715)’, rev. Janet Browne, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3883, accessed 22 June 2015])
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Richard Richardson to Hans Sloane – September 7, 1724
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Date: September 7, 1724
Author: Richard Richardson
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 232-233
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[fol. 233]
Hon:d Sr
On wednesday last I sent yu a pott of Moregame by James Hall a Bradford Carier which I should be glad to hear came safe to yr hands & in good order; in the Box you wil find a specimen of the grass found seven or eight foot deepe under pient earth which I thought I had sent yu the last year, but it was mislayd. I take it to be gramen pantense panicuslat mosse SRE [?] alsoe a specimen of Junens montanus phlustins RS: [?] with which these mountains abounds & in the same strata of earth where these are found the root of a Fern standing in its naturel posture cut of as you wil find by a small piece of ye wood put up with the rest; there is no doubt but these high mountains nigh Bingley have been formerly coverd with Wood though now there is not the least remains of it above ground how long this acquired earth must have been growing to the thicknesse of 7 or 8 foot I wil not determine but tis manifest that it consits only of roots leaves & flowers of the Comon heath I am sorry yt I have nothing material in Nat: History to sned yu but when ever I meet with any thing that I thinke worth yr notice it shall be communicated to you by
your much obliged servat [sic]
Ric: Richardson
North Bierley
Sept. 7th 1724
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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John Ray to Hans Sloane – August 25, 1695
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Date: August 25, 1695
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 217-218
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Ray received ‘the 3 Tribes’ Sloane sent him. He is eager to peruse and send them back before winter comes. The cold weather makes it difficult for him to write. Ray has not heard ‘of the reservatory of water made by the disposition of ye leaves of the Viscum Caryophlloides’ Sloane mentioned in his last letter. His wife sends her best to Sloane.
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 Mortimer to Hans Sloane – July 30, 1724
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Date: July 30, 1724
Author: John Mortimer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 204-205
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Mortimer assures Sloane that he sent what ‘you ordered me’ to Mr Dale.
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. (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]).
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John Ray to Hans Sloane – February 28, 1693
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Date: February 28, 1693
Author: John Ray
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 161
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Ray received Sloane’s letters and ‘the Box containing your draughts & descriptions of Birds’ last Monday. He cannot comment on them ’till I received the Synonyma you mentioned’. Ray discusses his apprehension that there are several species of waterfowl ‘common to Europe and America’. He admires Sloane’s industrious collecting and thanks him for offering to send the catalogue of Jamaican plants. He declines to accept the catalogue because his new book ‘meddle[s] not with American & Indian plants’.
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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Ambrose Godfrey Sr. to Hans Sloane – July 7, 1724
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Date: July 7, 1724
Author: Ambrose Godfrey Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 196-197
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[fol. 197]
The 7. july 1724.
Sr Hans
much Hon’d sir i have a request to you, which mightly affects my mind, w’ch is not very proper for me at present & more than I can bare. The Barer Mr. steiger an old acquaintance, by his call an Engraver of seales, whoes Wifes Brother had lost his understanding, would willingly make interest with ye Phisicion of Bethlem by y’r meanes to get him in there, but he refuses it, alledging that there is no roome. Now a line or Two from you S’r Hans might moove him perhaps to make roome. He has been already ones before in Bedlem & was send out as cured. But being now as bad as ever & Threatning to stab them, haveing done already very dangerous thing, it would be great charity good S’r if you could be instrumentall to get him in again, the dangerous prancks he has played will else be the ruin of my friend who has already the Burthen & care of 3. of this mad mans children upon his back. Mr. steigers Wife & this mad brother are acquaintences of mine near 40. years standing having served their father as chymist when they ware children, & that Care & Tenderness we received from each other then remains still & i am deeply concerned for them, & as we are not born for our selfs, but for each others use and helpe, obleedges me to trouble you with this, it would be as much satisfaction to me see their request fulefilled, as if they ware relations of my own, ye crazey man has ben a man of much credit & served all the offices in ye parish of Gracion’s street. Now i am S’r Hans in good hopes that my address to you will be service to my afflicted friends. God Bless you doe it S’r it is a charitable deed. God will reward you for it & in requitale S’r Hans, if I can be servisable to you again in what you command me, i shale punctually obey as much as is possibill, wishing you Heath [sic] & prosperity is the Prayer of S’r y’r mosth: serv:to serve you.
Ambrose Godfrey
Ambrose Godfrey Sr. (1660-1741) was a chemist. He was first employed by Robert Boyle and went on to work at Apothecaries’ Hall. Godfrey analyzed the chemical properties of stones, waters, and other materials for Hans Sloane and the Royal Society. His work was published in the Philosophical Transactions from 1731 to 1736 (Lawrence M. Principe, Godfrey, Ambrose, the elder (16601741), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10865, accessed 14 Aug 2013]).
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John Percival, 1st Earl of Egmont to Hans Sloane – June 8, 1721
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Date: June 8, 1721
Author: John Percival, 1st Earl of Egmont
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4046
Folio: ff. 85-86
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Social, curiosities
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Subjects
Eagle Stones, Gresham College, Pregnancy, childbirth, eaglestone, popular belief
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Date (as written)
June 8, 1721
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Standardised date
June 8, 1721
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Origin (as written)
Charlton
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Others mentioned
Mr Thomas Lady Catherine Percival
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Patients mentioned
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[fol. 85] Charlton 8 June 1721 Sr My servant waits on you to beg the favour of lending me one of the Eagle stones that belongs to the Repository of Gresham Colledge. My wife who is with child places some confidence in it, and has engaged me to give you this trouble, which I hope youl be so good to excuse from Sr Yr. most obedt. servt Percival If youl give a line to Mr. Thomas he will comply with it
Percival was a politician, diarist, First Earl of Egmont, and and an instrumental figure in the founding of the North American colony of Georgia (Betty Wood, Perceval, John, first earl of Egmont (16831748), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21911, accessed 24 Aug 2011]).
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William Sherard to Hans Sloane – April 8, 1724
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Date: April 8, 1724
Author: William Sherard
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 157-158
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Sherard thanks Sloane for letting him use the volumes of ‘Plucknet’ and requests the others. He ‘added ye Table or page to most of ye plants yt are any ways difficult, once at least, for there are many duplicates’. He adds that ‘Mr Dubois threatens to come & dine wth you, some day next week’.
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 Reading to Hans Sloane – March 12, 1723/24
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Date: March 12, 1723/24
Author: William Reading
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: f. 148
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[fol. 148]
Sion College London
March 12 1723/4
Honoured Sir,
A Specimen of the Catalogue
of Sion Library has, I hope, been
communicated to you by Mr Becket
Surgeon. The Book is now printed,
and I am drawing up a List of
Subscribers, wch I intend to put into
the Printers hands next Week. I
presume to consult you Sir, if you
have room at the College of
Physicians, or Royal Society to
take a Copy. Last time I called, Sir,
at your House, you were sick in
Bed. I hope you have now better
health.
I am
Sir
y’r most humble
serv’t
Wm Reading
Library Keeper
William Reading was appointed librarian of Sion College, London, in 1708 with the support of Bishop Compton and oversaw the expansion of its collection. He held lectureships at various London churches. Reading reorganized the collection, wrote a celebrated catalogue of its holdings (1724), and published works of ecclesiastical history as well as his own sermons (R. Julian Roberts, Reading, William (16741744), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23237, accessed 29 July 2013]).
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Joseph Champion was a writing master and accountant. He was a highly regarded schoolmaster, and publisher of copybooks and merchant primers. He combined practical business hands with more ornamental styles of writing.
He wrote to Sloane in letter 4222 to present Sloane with a copy of his own book of history, and asks if the Royal society would be able to recognise any imperfections or mistakes within it.
Reference:
Joseph Champion to Hans Sloane, 1734-10-31, Sloane MS 4053, f. 304, British Library, London.
(Lucy Peltz, Champion, Joseph (b. 1709, d. in or before 1768), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5093, accessed 17 Aug 2015])
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Occupation: Unknown
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