Letter, from Hans Sloane to Richard Waller

Reference number: EL/S2/12

Date: 01 January 1692

Description

Encloses letters (no longer attached) from witnesses of the earthquakes in Peru (20 October 1687) and in Jamaica (19 February 1688, 7 June 1692, 23 September 1692 and 3 July 1693); gives some details about Port Royal, Jamaica

Reference number: EL/S2/12
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1692
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Hans Sloane

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Sir; Hans Sloane

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Hans Sloane, Sir; Hans Sloane, Letter, from Hans Sloane to Richard Waller, 01 January 1692, EL/S2/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_12/letter-from-hans-sloane-to-richard-waller, accessed on 17 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
Early Letters S2
1686-1738 Reference number: EL/S2

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Richard Waller
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Hans Sloane
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The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

Dates: 1613 - 1740

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