Sir Hans Sloane Letters Received 1704-1740

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Sir Hans Sloane Letters Received 1704-1740

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The Sir Hans Sloane Letters Received, 1704-1740, .05 cubic feet, consists of typed transcriptions of 21 letters received by Sir Hans Sloane. The original letters are in the collection of the British Museum in London. The letters are written from South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Rhode Island, on the subject of material medica. The letter writers include Joseph Lord, Robert Ellis, Thomas Pinkney, and John Lawson. The writers are reporting their findings to Sir Sloane, and collecting plant specimens to send back to England. Letters also contain requests for medical advice, and one includes an account of the illness, treatment, and death of the Duke of Albemarle.

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Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753

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Hans Sloane was born in England in 1660. He studied chemistry at Apothecaries' Hall, and botany at the Chelsea Physic Garden. He went on to apprentice in medicine under Sydenham, and took over the practice when Sydenham became too ill to work. Dr. Sloane traveled to Jamaica as the physician of the second Duke of Albemarle in 1688. While in Jamaica, he collected and brought home to England more than 800 species of plants. He published two books on his experience and discoveries in Jamaica. After ...