1743.] 



SIR HANS SLOAN E. 



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me his books of Birds, and some books of Physic and Surgery, 

 which was my chief study in my youthful years. I have heard 

 of Petiver's fine collections of Plants and Animals, which thee 

 published; nay, I am well acquainted with his nephew, Captain 

 G-lext worth, who lived with his Uncle Petiver. He tells me 

 he used to change, spread, and dry his uncle's specimens, and 

 carried many curiosities between thee and his uncle. 



November the 16th, 1743. 



Friend Sir Hans Sloane : 



I have received thy kind present of a silver cup, and am well 

 pleased that thy name is engraved upon it at large, so that 

 when my friends drink out of it, they may see who was my 

 benefactor.* 



I received thy kind letter, and have endeavoured to answer 

 thy desires. I have sent thee two quires of specimens, gathered 

 in their full bloom as many as I could, but several that I 

 found amongst the Indians, could not be found with their proper 



* The cup, of which the above is a correct representation, is now the property 

 of Isaac Barteam, grandson of the Botanist by his first marriage. 



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