Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – June 4, 1716
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Date: June 4, 1716 Author: Richard Middleton Massey Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044 Folio: ff. 166-167
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Material Culture, Royal Society, Scholarship
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Coat of Arms, Coins, Hailstorm, Horde, Pictures, Weather
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June 4, 1716
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Wisbech
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Massey informs Sloane of a countryman who came across a horde of copper coins while ploughing. He has not seen them himself. Massey happened upon a motto and coat of arms that may be of interest to the Royal Society. A large hailstorm occurred near Wisbech. He asks if he can copy one of Sloane’s pictures. 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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