Letter 3617

Steigertahl was sad to hear the news of John Gaspar Scheuchzer’s death. The latter was Sloane’s librarian. Steigertahl asks for a work on smallpox inoculation Scheuchzer was going to send by Mr Jäger. He is grateful for the gifts of chocolate and Madeira wine, which were to his wife’s taste. Steigertahl discusses the dividend he is to receive and the banking forms that needed to be prepared before he can collect it. Monsieur de Mansberg and his father-in-law Monsieur d’Hattorf send their compliments. The latter is supposed to arrive in Hanover soon. The King arrived in Holland in May and is to leave for Hanover soon. Dr Goebel, ‘Professeur en Droit à Helmstadt’, is going to print the work of the late ‘Hermannus Couringius’ in four volumes. 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).