Letter 3514

Steigertahl received Sloane’s letter of August 12 and saw Mr Hucks. He thinks that, since Hucks viewed Sloane’s cabinet and others in France, there will be little in Hanover to impress him. The cabinet of medals that belonged to the late Abbé de Locum has not yet been sold. There are some relics of saints for sale, which are held at the Royal Chapel. The catalogue of the sale of the late Abbé Gerard Molan’s collection is being printed. The King plans on purchasing some books for the Royal Library in Hanover. Molan’s library is estimated to be worth ‘8 Mille Ecus’. Mr Hucks has his letter of recommendation from Mr Walpole. The Prince is doing well. Mrs Steigertahl is doing well and hopes that Sloane will soon be a grandfather ‘par rapport de My Lady Cadogan’. Johann Georg Steigertahl (1666-1740) was the personal physician to George I of England. He was a member of the Royal Society and secured the purchase of Engelbert Kaempfer’s collection of East Asian curiosities for Sir Hans Sloane in 1723 (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Steigerthal).