Translation of a letter, from Job Baster to Hans Sloane, dated at Zirkzee in Zeland
Reference number: EL/B3/76
Date: 01 March 1738
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Baster sends letters of recommendation from Boerhaave and Gravesande to support his quest to become a Fellow of the Royal Society
Original letter, which now no longer exists, was in Latin
- Reference number
- EL/B3/76
- Earliest possible date
- 01 March 1738
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Job Baster, Job Baster, Translation of a letter, from Job Baster to Hans Sloane, dated at Zirkzee in Zeland, 01 March 1738, EL/B3/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_76/translation-of-a-letter-from-job-baster-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-zirkzee-in-zeland, accessed on 14 April 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Hans Sloane
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Job Baster
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