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William Musgrave Sr. to Hans Sloane – April 18, 1706
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Date: April 18, 1706
Author: William Musgrave Sr.
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 146-147
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Musgrave asks Sloane to procure the best edition of ‘Colius Aurelianus’ he can find, so long as it is reasonably priced.
William Musgrave, Senior was a physician, antiquary, and Fellow of the Royal Society. He acted as second secretary to the Royal Society and edited several volumes of the Philosophical Transactions (Alick Cameron, Musgrave, William (16551721), 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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Martin Martin to Hans Sloane – September 30, 1697
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Date: September 30, 1697
Author: Martin Martin
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: ff. 358-359
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Martin apologizes for the loss of a package and regrets the ‘lost time and labour’. He has no business in London and plans on returning to the country in October. Martin has ‘A Copy of the dissertation of St Kilda’ for Sloane.
Martin studied medicine in Leiden and practiced as a doctor in Middlesex, England until his death in 1719 (Domhnall Uilleam Stibhart, Martin, Martin (d. 1718), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18201, accessed 19 June 2013]).
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David Gregory to Hans Sloane – September 21, 1697
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Date: September 21, 1697
Author: David Gregory
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4036
Folio: f. 353
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Gregory thanks Sloane for sending the latest Philosophical Transactions. He wants to correct an error he made in his paper in the next issue. Wallis and Charlett offer their services to Sloane.
Gregory was a mathematician and astronomer who published the first astronomy textbook to integrate Newton’s gravitational theory (Anita Guerrini, Gregory, David (16591708), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/11456, accessed 24 June 2013]).
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Edward Milward to Hans Sloane – December 13th 1733
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Date: December 13th 1733
Author: Edward Milward
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 114
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Milward is writing to Sloane to update him on his move and informs Sloane that he declined his invitation to visit in person because he thought that that would encroach too much on his time. He would like to visit sometime in the future when it is leisurely, either at Sloane’s house or at Milward’s new place at new north street.
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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Chandos to L. Cadogan – Dr:2:1727
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Date: Dr:2:1727
Author: Chandos
Recipient: L. Cadogan
Library: British Library
Manuscript: MS 4066
Folio: f. 28
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[Cannons?] Dr:2:1727:
I must entreat your forgiveness for not attending you at yt. Royal Society in behalf of my good Friend Sr. Hans Sloane, but yt. Civilities I have receiv’d from ye ArchBishop would not sa..r Me to be against a gentleman who was so near a Relation of his grace’s & whom He was so desirous of using at yt. Head of ye. Society: however when I found your Lordship i [recved?] your self [i?] [nor?]. of Sr. Hans, I for=bors appearing, wch. I hope you will please to look on as an Instance of my Respect to you, & how desirous, I shall be on all occasions to approve my self to ye …… of my Powr.
My Lord,
Your Lordship’s Most Obedient & Most Humble Servt Chandos
L. Cadogan
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos apologies to Charles Cadogan for failing to meet him at the Royal Society on behalf of Sir Hans Sloane. James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (1674-1744) was a politician, patron of the arts, and, like Sloane, on the Board of Governors of the Foundling Hospital. (Joan Johnson, Brydges, James, first duke of Chandos (16741744), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/3806, accessed 30 Aug 2011]).
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John Hough to Hans Sloane – August 20, 1726
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Date: August 20, 1726
Author: John Hough
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: f. 188
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Hough has arranged to send a copper trumpet from Ireland. The instrument is ‘suppos’d by the Antiquarians there, to be the Lituus of the Romans’. An illustration of the trumpet is enclosed.
John Hough was the President of Magdalen College, Oxford and the Bishop of Worcester. He published several anti-Catholic pamphlets during his career (Julian Lock, Hough, John (16511743), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13862, accessed 14 June 2011]).
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William Browne to Hans Sloane – November 22nd 1733
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Date: November 22nd 1733
Author: William Browne
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 92
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Browne writes to Sloane about Mr. Taylor’s eye operations, he wishes to recommend him as worthy of Sloane’s notice. He describes Taylor as entertaining and praises his dexterity. Although Browne only saw Taylor for the one day he was in London, his brother saw him for an extended period and also had good things to say about Taylor. Browne speaks on behalf of Taylor stating that he would like Sloane’s Judgement on his performances. He closes with a P.S. asking Sloane to recommend Taylor to some of Sloane’s correspondents in France as that is where he is headed next, to the Academie des Sciences.
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]).
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John Locke to Hans Sloane – February 21, 1703/04
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Date: February 21, 1703/04
Author: John Locke
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 243-244
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Locke sends Sloane his weather registry, the former part of which was published in Mr Boyle’s Journal. Locke has arranged, in the case of his death, for his registers to be published in the Philosophical Transactions.
Locke was a philosopher, physician, and highly influential proponent of liberalism in England (J. R. Milton, Locke, John (16321704), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16885, accessed 24 June 2013]).
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Joseph Ames to Hans Sloane – November 21st 1733
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Date: November 21st 1733
Author: Joseph Ames
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4053
Folio: f. 90
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The letter is very faded, however it appears that Ames writes to Sloane with an account of the African House affair. Someone had paid Mr. Hunt and required him to get together his things and live at Leiden Hall and he wanted to send Sloane his thanks for all his favours and wants to return the favour anytime.
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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Thomas Molyneux to Hans Sloane – August 29, 1702
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Date: August 29, 1702
Author: Thomas Molyneux
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039
Folio: ff. 18-19
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Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli has penned a new work of Natural History. Molyneux suggests the scope is too broad and Marsigli will fall short. Molyneux thanks Sloane for the Philosophical Transactions. He asks if his letter regarding Roman Antiquities might be published in the Transactions in light of recent articles on the subject.
Thomas Molyneux was a physician and natural philosopher who corresponded with Sloane, Edward Lhuyd, and John Locke (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]).