Copy of a letter, from Hans Sloane to Job Baster
Reference number: EL/S2/95
Date: 01 January 1737
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Original was dated 20 December 1737
That Sloane would like to propose Baster for election to the Society but that he needs to choose two other Fellows who will vouch for him
- Reference number
- EL/S2/95
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1737
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Hans Sloane, Sir; Hans Sloane, Copy of a letter, from Hans Sloane to Job Baster, 01 January 1737, EL/S2/95, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_95/copy-of-a-letter-from-hans-sloane-to-job-baster, accessed on 08 May 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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