Letter 4035

Richard Middleton Massey to Geo. Edwards – March 12, 1740


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Date: March 12, 1740
Author: Richard Middleton Massey
Recipient: Geo. Edwards

Library: British Library
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4066
Folio: f. 126



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Massey makes mention of “deeads & some odd imperfect fragmants” as well as some “drawings or prints[.]” (Letter is torn in half). Richard Middleton Massey (1678-1743) attended Brasenose College, Oxford but left before obtaining a degree. In 1706 he was admitted Extra-Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and settled in Wisbech where he practiced medicine. Massey was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. He compiled the catalogue of the library of the Royal College of Physicians in 1727 (http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2969).




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