Letter 3829

The paper accompanying the letter was written by Dr Weidler of Wittenburg. Steigertahl thanks Sloane for ‘la belle figure de l’Aloë’ that came with the Philosophical Transactions. Schlüter sends his compliments and thanks Sloane for the list of old books. Steigertahl received a letter from Dr Kämpfer informing him of the death of Dr Scheuchzer and the absence of Zollman. There is a printer at Lemgo who printed ‘les amoenitates’ of the late Dr Kämpfer and wants to publish the ‘Histoire de Japan’. The German manuscripts need to be procured. Dr Weidler hopes to be admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society. 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).