Christian Friedrich Weichmann to Hans Sloane – June 1, 1728
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Date: June 1, 1728 Author: Christian Friedrich Weichmann Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049 Folio: f. 178
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English
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British Library, London
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Material Culture, Patronage, Royal Society, Scholarship
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Books, Medals
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June 1, 1728
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London
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William Derham
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[fol. 178] Sir, As Mr. derham has done me the honour to write to you in my Behalf I take the liberty to inquire by this about what an Hour I may have leave to wait upon you, and at the same Time to make a small Present to the Royal Society’s Library of the first Volume of a Book of mine, being an Imitation of your famous Spectator and Guardian and of a Medal coin’d in honour of the same Book, whose Title Page shows the draft of it. I shall not fail, to send the others two Volumes belonging to it as soon as the [sic] come from the Press, and take leave to assure you, that I am and ever shall be with all Respect imaginable Sir, Your most humble and most obedient servant, CF Weichmann London, June 1 1728.
Christian Friedrich Weichmann (1698-1770) was a German jurist, poet, and journalist. He received his BCL at Oxford and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society during a visit to England in 1728. Weichmann was a Privy Councillor to the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneberg (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Friedrich_Weichmann).
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