Autograph letters, signed, to Pulteney

The letters comprise:

MS.7441/3: from the physician and naturalist Sir William Watson (1715-1787), concerning Pulteney's thesis on cinchona and advising on gaining the patronage of Lord Bath via Elizabeth Montagu (1720-1800), 5 May 1764

MS.7441/4: from Dr William Watson mentioning Thomas Percival (1740-1804), Maxwell Garthshore (1732-1812) and Elizabeth Montagu (1720-1800) and describing how cinnamon trees were brought to England from Madeira through the agency of Dr. William Heberden (1710-1801) to be cared for by Philip Miller (1691-1771), 9 Oct 1764

MSS.7441/5-6: two letters from J. Sutton describing the latter's health and various writings, of which one (/5) also sends news of Thomas Arnold (1742-1816) and Hugh Worthington (1752-1813), 27 Sep 1768 and 1 Sep 1770

MS.7441/7: from J. Sutton, (1708-?1773), MD Edinburgh 1731, being a long discursive letter to Pulteney, with particular reference to classical learning and Sutton's manuscript 'Chronologia Medica' (there is no evidence that this work was ever finished or published), 20 Nov 1771