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[Letter from Charles Seward to Sloane re: Courten's Monument, 17 July 1714]

Sloane 4043, 278 (Letter)

British Library, London, England, Europe

Date:17 July 1714 Recipient of a letterHans Sloane (1660-1753) Sender of a letterCharles Seward (-fl. 1714) Subject of/in a documentWilliam Courten (28 Mar 1642-26 Mar 1702) Annotation:From Sloane's Correspondence Online:
https://drc.usask.ca/projects/sloaneletters/doku.php?id=letter&letterid=2261

Seward informs Sloane that "Mr Courten's Monument" was in need of refurbishing due to weather damage. He asks Sloane to consider the situation, providing him with a transcription of the inscription, in an attempt to secure his sympathy.