Letter 3594

Steigertahl thanks Sloane for sending the banking information. He notes that there is a new passage in the banking papers: ‘The Person, who executes this letter of attorney must take care to describe himself exactly, as he stands described in the Books of ye Bank and must be very particular, as to the sum in stock or it looses its Force.’ Steigertahl received the latest Philosophical Transactions, which Sloane had sent with Mr Jäger. Scheuchzer wants to take the trouble to publish a work on smallpox inoculation, like that of Mr Jurin. Steigertahl thanks Sloane for the communication from Mr Froberius. Mrs Steigertahl is well. 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).