Wrote letter of 1713-10-12 (AB 304) to Hans Sloane

Date: 
October 12, 1713
Standard reference information
AB/CL number: 
304
AB/CL volume: 
17

Signed autograph letter. The manuscript is to be found in London, Royal Society, MS 2102, Early Letters L.4.51; 1 quarto page.

Not published.

Cover letter to Sloane accompanying a copy of Leeuwenhoek's letter of 1712-12-08 (SB I AB 296) to Anthonie Heinsius on muscle fibres of a whale. Sloane had requested the copy and Leeuwenhoek complied immediately, though the dates of this sequence of letters are inconsistent, as discussed on the page about Sloane's letter dated 1713-10-13 linked under Learn more below.

In addition, Leeuwenhoek asked Sloane to send new issues of the Philosophical Transactions and a list of fellows of the Royal Society to the widow of his nephew at Rotterdam.

On the cover Leeuwenhoek himself wrote the following address:

Aande Heer. d'Heer Hans Sloane Secretaris vande Coninklijke Societeit. In Londen.