Edmund Curll to Hans Sloane – January 18, 1702/03
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Date: January 18, 1702/03 Author: Edmund Curll Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4039 Folio: ff. 69-70
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Curiosity Reports, Scientific
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Animals, Births, Dogs, Preservation
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January 18, 1702/03
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The Strand
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Curll relays a curious account of a dog in Scotland. It had two whelps: one alive, one dead. Hours later, a ‘little creature’ was also born to it, which lived for ten hours and is now preserved in wine. The ‘creature’ may be produced upon Sloane’s request. Edmund Curll (d. 1747) was a bookseller. He published several books and had a contentious relationship with Alexander Pope (Raymond N. MacKenzie, ‘Curll, Edmund (d. 1747)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6948, accessed 23 July 2014]).
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