Richard Middleton Massey to Hans Sloane – October 21, 1706
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Date: October 21, 1706 Author: Richard Middleton Massey Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040 Folio: ff. 237-238
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English
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British Library, London
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Legal, Patronage, Royal College of Physicians
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Apothecaries, Licenses
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October 21, 1706
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Wisbeche
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The town’s apothecary is leaving because he inherited an estate. Massey is thinking of taking over the practice and hiring a journeyman. As such, he asks Sloane to speak with the Royal College of Physicians to procure a license for him. 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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