Letter 3978

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John George Steigertahl to Ernst August Jayer – twenty fourth Day of November in the year of our L


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Date: twenty fourth Day of November in the year of our L
Author: John George Steigertahl
Recipient: Ernst August Jayer

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4066
Folio: f. 62


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Know all Men by those presents, that I John George Steigertahl Doctor do hereby constitute and appoint Mr. Ernst August Jager, Apoticary to Her Majesty ye Queen of Great Brittain at London, St James receive for me only by a Note of my own Hand all Dividends now due and that shall or may hereafter become payable for any my share or Interest mentioned once by the said Note in the Capital Stock and Funds of the governor and Company of the Bank of England for the Time being. In witness where of I have hereunto set my Hand and seal In Hannover this twenty fourth Day of November new still in the year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and twenty eight. L.S. John George Steigertahl Sealed and delivered in the presence of us two wittnesses and me Notary publick. L.S. Ludolph Otto von Andersen L.S. Johan George Achatz Burchardi and my Notary Publick Jean Henry Marwede NB. That Dividends for Bank Stock may be received by a Note under the Hand of the Proprietor.

John George Steiger appoints Mr. Ernst August Jager to receive “all Dividends now due and that shall or may hereafter become payable for any [his] share or Interest … in the Capital Stock and Funds of the governor and Company of the Bank of England[.]” 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).



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