Letter 0667

George Stepney to Hans Sloane – February 3, 1701


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Date: February 3, 1701
Author: George Stepney
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4038
Folio: ff. 130-131



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Stepney writes that upon leaving Berlin he was given Christopher Heinrich’s book, which he assumes was meant to be presented to the Royal Society. If this pleases the Royal Society Stepney encourages them to send a thank-you letter, which he will forward to Heinrich. Stepney was a renowned diplomat and expert on all things German. He became a member of the Royal Society in 1697 (Linda Frey and Marsha Frey, Stepney, George (16631707), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26404, accessed 25 June 2013]).




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