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D517 - Miller Mundy family of Shipley Hall, Heanor - [16th-20th cent]
F - Family papers - [early 16th cent]-1982
Z - Family papers not identifiable to individuals
1 - Poems and literary works
1 - Satirical verse in different hands - [late 17th cent-late 18th cent]
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D517/BOX/A/10/21
Title
A poetic skit addressed "To Sir Hans Sloon from a gentleman whom he had desired to collect rarities for him", discussing the accumulation by Sir Hans Sloane of a vast collection and containing a list of far-fetched impossible rarities
Date
[late 18th cent]
Extent
1 item (2 pages)
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Miller Mundy family of Shipley Hall, Heanor
Administrative History
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) donated his extensive collection of over 70,000 items to the British nation. The collection became the foundation of the British Museum and Natural History Museum.
Format
Document
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A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Term
Poetry
Satire
Transcript or Index
For a transcript, see Edward Walford (1878) 'Old and New London: Volume 4', available British History Online (link below), pages 490-519. The text also appears in John Croft (1792) 'Scrapeana. Fugitive miscellany'
Acknowledgements
D517/Box/A/10/1-23 have been described by Cataloguing Volunteer, Roger Jennens in October 2022.
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http://www.british-history.ac.uk/old-new-london/vol4
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Name (click for further details)
Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660-1753); baronet; physican, naturalist and collector
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