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Johann Philipp Breyne to Hans Sloane – October 22, 1728
Item info
Date: October 22, 1728
Author: Johann Philipp Breyne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 252-253
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Scholarship, Social, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Amber, Books, Botany, Coffee, Entomology, Gardens, Insects, Natural History, Seeds, Specimens
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Date (as written)
October 22, 1728
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Dantz.
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Others mentioned
John Martyn Patrick Blair William Sherard
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Patients mentioned
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Breyne received one of Blair’s last works, Quincy’s Dispensatory, the Philosophical Transactions, and a packet of seeds Sloane sent him. He is going to plant the seeds next spring, as it is too late in the season to plant them. Breyne does not have anything to send Sloane, but promises to forward seeds from his garden next year. He believes his coffee tree will bear fruit in the spring. The tulip tree, Guernsey lilies, and parcel of books have finally arrived. Breyne sent, by Captain John Keble, ‘about 40 pieces of Ambre with several insects’. He will send more fossils next year. Breyne found Mr Martyn’s book on plants agreeable and asks that any future works by Martyn be sent to him. He was glad to find that colourful renderings of plants are included in English natural histories. Breyne disputes Martyn’s conclusions on Aloe, however, and justifies his position. He was sad to hear of Dr Sherard’s death, especially since the latter’s book has not yet been published. Nonetheless, he hopes Dr Dillenius will print it soon. Breyne provides a list of 7 books and asks Sloane to send them if they are available.
Johann Philipp Breyne (1680-1764) was a German botanist, zoologist, and entomologist known primarily for his work on the Polish cochineal, or Porphyrophora polonica, used in red dye production. He became a fellow of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 1715 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Philipp_Breyne).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – September 29, 1728
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Date: September 29, 1728
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: f. 245
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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René Jacques Croissant de Garengeot to Hans Sloane – September 17, 1728
Item info
Date: September 17, 1728
Author: René Jacques Croissant de Garengeot
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 237-238
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Patronage, Royal Society, Scholarship, Social, Trade or Commodities, Travel
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Subjects
Anatomy, Books, Dogs, Fellowship, Recommendations, Surgery, Translations
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Date (as written)
September 17, 1728
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
a Paris
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
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Garengeot writes on behalf of the bearer, Charles Denis. He is a surgeon who plans on establishing himself in London. Garengeot hopes that Sloane will accept an anatomical book he authored. It is his fourth publication. Some of his works have been translated into English. His second book is on surgery and his third is on the anatomy of humans and dogs. He hopes to become a member of the Royal Society.
René Jacques Croissant de Garengeot (1688-1759) was a French surgeon. He was Surgeon-Major of the Régiment du Roy and the Physician-in-Ordinary of the Roi au Châtelet. Garengeot was a member of l’Académie de chirurgie de Paris and the Royal Society (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/René-Jacques_Croissant_de_Garengeot).
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Philip Rose to Hans Sloane – September 11, 1728
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Date: September 11, 1728
Author: Philip Rose
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 233-234
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Philip Rose was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1691. In 1728 he was forgiven 12 pounds owed to the College (http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/3854).
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Michelangelo Tilli to Hans Sloane – March 14, 1727
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Date: March 14, 1727
Author: Michelangelo Tilli
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 264-266
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Tilli forwards a list of books.
Michelangelo Tilli (1655-1740) was an Italian physician and botanist. He became Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Garden of Pisa in 1685. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1708 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo_Tilli).
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John Greenfield/Groenveldt to Hans Sloane – December 27, 1704
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Date: December 27, 1704
Author: John Greenfield/Groenveldt
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 409-410
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Mr Bell is a shoemaker.
John Groenveldt (bap.1648 d.1715/16) alias Greenfield, was a physician and surgeon. He began studying medicine at the University of Leiden and finished his degree at Utrect in 1670. Greenfield joined the Colegium Medicum and had a successful medical practice with partner Henricus Velthuys in Amsterdam where they provided surgical and medical services as well as administered medicines. He moved to London and joined the Royal College of Physicians in 1683. He fought censors and several law cases over some of his medicines which caused his practice to decline in the early 1700s. (Harold J. Cook, “Groenevelt, Joannes (bap. 1648, d. 1715/16)”, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – May 29, 1728
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Date: May 29, 1728
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 170-171
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – June 2, 1724
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Date: June 2, 1724
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: f. 185
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Francis Moult to James Petiver – February 12, 1704/05
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Date: February 12, 1704/05
Author: Francis Moult
Recipient: James Petiver
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 1
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Moult is worried that the multiplicity of Petiver’s affairs may have led him to forget to send the ‘Decades’ Moult had requested. He reminds Petiver of his appeal.
Francis Moult (d.1733) was an apothecary of Hatton Garden. His older brother, George (c.1659-1727), was an apothecary in Bath (and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1689). Francis and George referred to themselves as “chemysts” and were engaged in a dispute with Dr. Nehemiah Grew MD, FRS over the production and selling of Epsom salts. Grew had a patent on the salts which the Moult brothers ignored. They had purchased and sold Grew’s salts until they discovered they could retrieve the salts themselves and sell them at a lower cost. Francis also translated Grew’s Latin paper on the salts to English (without Grew’s permission) and sold copies to those buying the Moult salts. (“George Moult” Library Catalogue, royalsociety.org; J.G.L. Burnby, A Study of the English Apothecary from 1600-1760, 1983, pubmedcentralcanada.ca, Chapter 3 “The Apothecary as Progenitor”).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – February 6, 1707
Item info
Date: February 6, 1707
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 304-307
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Language
Latin
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Patronage, Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship
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Subjects
Books, Botany, Correspondence, Plants, Publishing, Specimens
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Date (as written)
February 6, 1707
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Zurich
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Others mentioned
Jean Rodolphe Lavater
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Patients mentioned
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Scheuchzer describes the process of publishing his ‘Itinera alpina tria’. He has arranged and categorized its contents. He suggests that he may have something on Swiss botany to publish in the Philosophical Transactions. Scheuchzer asks Sloane to provide contacts for him in France and Italy. He includes two botanical specimens, one for the Royal Society and one for Sloane.
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).