Letter 4146

Bell writes to Sloane thanking him for the favours he received and mentions that he was going to send Sloane some shells that he had mentioned, but did not because Sloane had not been specific about the type and did not want to make a mistake. He writes that he would be happy to receive Sloane’s Catalogue of books he wants for the King of France has ordered all the duplicates in his library to be sold. He mentions that his time living with Mr. Morand will be expired in a fortnight, and then he is looking in to a course on midwifery before setting back to England, unless Sloane commands him to be back sooner. George Bell was a physician.