Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – October 29, 1705
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Date: October 29, 1705 Author: Richard Middleton Massey Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040 Folio: f. 84
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English
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British Library, London
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Collections, Library, Material Culture, Philosophical Transactions, Scientific
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Books, Fossils, Microscopes, Worms
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October 29, 1705
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Wisbich
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John Thorpe James Petiver
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Massey forwards the enclosed, which was sent from Holland. The author was unsure how to direct it to Sloane. Massey sends some fossils, requests a number of books, and asks for a little microscope. In his next letter, he will describe the tailed worm and its metamorphosis. He will send for the latest Philosophical Transactions. Richard Middleton Massey (1678-1743) attended Brasenose College, Oxford but left before obtaining a degree. In 1706 he was admitted Extra-Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and settled in Wisbech where he practiced medicine. Massey was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. He compiled the catalogue of the library of the Royal College of Physicians in 1727 (http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2969).
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