Letter by Henry Newman describing Sloane's life in retirement
- Date:
- 1742
- Reference:
- MS.7633/10
- Part of:
- Sloane, Sir Hans M.D., P.R.C.P., F.R.S., (1660-1753), physician, assembler of the collection that formed the nucleus of the British Museum
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
1 autograph letter, signed, from one Henry Newman, describing Sloane's life after his retirement to Chelsea, his visits to the nearby coffee-house and collection of curiosities (which was run by his former servant, James Slater (fl.1723)), the transfer of his collections from his house in Bloomsbury and visits to them by George II's daughter Princess Amelia (d.1786), and Newman's need to consult Sloane about asthma brought on by London smoke.
Publication/Creation
1742
Physical description
1 letter
Location of duplicates
L0049736-7
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts