Letter 2172

Johann Georg Steigertahl to Hans Sloane – August 28, 1717


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Date: August 28, 1717
Author: Johann Georg Steigertahl
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4045
Folio: ff. 42-43



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Steigertahl thanks God for the healing powers of the mineral waters at Egra. He knows some men who would like to see Sloane’s curiosity cabinet. Johann Georg Steigertahl (1666-1740) was the personal physician to George I of England. He was a member of the Royal Society and secured the purchase of Engelbert Kaempfer’s collection of East Asian curiosities for Sir Hans Sloane in 1723 (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Steigerthal).




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