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Thomas Salmon to Hans Sloane – December 4, 1705
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Date: December 4, 1705
Author: Thomas Salmon
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 103-104
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Salmon thanks the Royal Society for printing his papers. He writes: ‘the theory of musick [is] settled, which being accommodated to the present practice, wee may proceed to those emprovements wherein the Grecians excelled us.’ Salmon believes he has figured out their half notes and will turn to figuring out Greek quarter notes.
Thomas Salmon (bap.1647 d. 1706) graduated Trinity College in 1664, received his BA in 1667 and MA in 1670 in Mathematics. In 1672 he published “Essay to the Advancement of Musick” which was recommended by the Royal Society but found to be controversial and began an ongoing disagreement between Salmon and Matthew Locke. In 1688 Salmon published “A Proposal to perform music in Perfect and Mathematical Proportions” that was largely ignored by the music world. In 1701 he shifted to publishing several historical works until 1705 when he gave a lecture at the Royal Society in “Just Inotation” accompanied by performers playing instruments modified to his designs. The lecture was written up in Philosophical Transactions. Salmon died the rector of Meppershall in 1706. (“Donald R. Boomgaarden, “Salmon, Thomas (bap. 1647, d. 1706)”, The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; Henry Davey “Thomas Salmon (1648-1706)” Wikisource).
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John Greenfield/Groenveldt to Hans Sloane – December 14, 1705
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Date: December 14, 1705
Author: John Greenfield/Groenveldt
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 105
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Groenveldt encloses Dr William Ten Rhyne’s treatise on elephantiasis and leprosy. It is to be translated and printed.
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 – March 29, 1728
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Date: March 29, 1728
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: f. 137
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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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Thomas Salmon to Hans Sloane – January 8, 1705/06
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Date: January 8, 1705/06
Author: Thomas Salmon
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 108-109
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Salmon is glad his work on music appeared in the Philosophical Transactions. He believes his work should be promoted and pursued so as to serve God and man. Salmon asks Sloane to find him a patron so that he may devote all of his time to his studies.
Thomas Salmon (bap.1647 d. 1706) graduated Trinity College in 1664, received his BA in 1667 and MA in 1670 in Mathematics. In 1672 he published “Essay to the Advancement of Musick” which was recommended by the Royal Society but found to be controversial and began an ongoing disagreement between Salmon and Matthew Locke. In 1688 Salmon published “A Proposal to perform music in Perfect and Mathematical Proportions” that was largely ignored by the music world. In 1701 he shifted to publishing several historical works until 1705 when he gave a lecture at the Royal Society in “Just Inotation” accompanied by performers playing instruments modified to his designs. The lecture was written up in Philosophical Transactions. Salmon died the rector of Meppershall in 1706. (“Donald R. Boomgaarden, “Salmon, Thomas (bap. 1647, d. 1706)”, The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; Henry Davey “Thomas Salmon (1648-1706)” Wikisource).
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Andrew French to Hans Sloane – March 29, 1728
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Date: March 29, 1728
Author: Andrew French
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 135-136
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French informs Sloane of a peculiar plant growing near his house. He solicits advice on what to do with it.
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Johann Philipp Breyne to Hans Sloane – March 23, 1728
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Date: March 23, 1728
Author: Johann Philipp Breyne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: f. 130
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Scholarship, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Amber, Botany, Gardens, Indigo, Memoires de l'Academie, Seeds, Specimens
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Date (as written)
March 23, 1728
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Dantz.
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Others mentioned
Mr Kenworthy
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Patients mentioned
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Breyne describes a piece of amber that was supposed to be delivered to Sloane by Mr Kenworthy. Another piece of amber was ‘bought by ye King of Poland at a very high rate viz: 50 Ducats.’ Breyne encloses indigo seeds from his personal garden. He discusses Monsieur Marchand’s article, which was published in the Memoires de l’Academie.
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 – January 26, 1727/28
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Date: January 26, 1727/28
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: f. 97
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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 – September 23, 1727
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Date: September 23, 1727
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 33-34
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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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Jo. Melling to Hans Sloane – May 7, 1685
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Date: May 7, 1685
Author: Jo. Melling
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 14-15
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Melling describes his garden and hopes Sloane can spare some time to meet.
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Christopher Morley to Hans Sloane – May 27, 1707
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Date: May 27, 1707
Author: Christopher Morley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 361
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Transcription
Morley asks if he can borrow a copy of Virgil.
Christopher Morley (b.1645/6) studied medicine at Leiden University from 1676-1679 obtaining an MD. During this time he attended the anatomical lectures of Drelincourt and studied chemistry with Maets. In 1679 Morley published a small work on an epidemic fever prevalent in England and the Netherlands, which he dedicated to the Royal College of Physicians. He was elected honorary Fellow of the College the following year. Morley travelled to the Indies in 1683 and settled in London to practice medicine in 1684. (J. F. Payne, “Morley, Christopher Love (b. 1645/6)”, rev. Patrick Wallis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).