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Johann Georg Steigertahl to Hans Sloane – September 7, 1725
Item info
Date: September 7, 1725
Author: Johann Georg Steigertahl
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 55-58
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Medical, Scholarship, Scientific, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Hunting, Inoculation, Japan, Manuscripts, Royal Family, Smallpox, Weather
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Date (as written)
September 7, 1725
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
a Hannover
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Others mentioned
Prof. Engelbrecht George I J.H. Kaempfer Philip Henry Zollman Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
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Patients mentioned
Engelbrecht
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Transcription
Steigertahl forwards J.H. Kaempfer’s response regarding the sale of his manuscripts, though he forgot to include a price. Dr Scheuchzer and P.H. Zollman are to take care of the finalization of the purchase of Engelbert Kaempfer’s ‘Histoire du Japon’. The King is well and went hunting. It continues to rain in Hanover. Steigertahl updates Sloane on the smallpox inoculations recounted in his previous letter: Sloane MS 4048, fols. 47-48. He passes his compliments to Dr Scheuchzer. Steigertahl includes a short note with information on a book.
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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Johann Georg Steigertahl to Hans Sloane – September 7, 1725
Item info
Date: September 7, 1725
Author: Johann Georg Steigertahl
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 55-58
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Medical, Scholarship, Scientific, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Hunting, Inoculation, Japan, Manuscripts, Royal Family, Smallpox, Weather
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Date (as written)
September 7, 1725
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
a Hannover
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Others mentioned
Prof. Engelbrecht George I J.H. Kaempfer Philip Henry Zollman Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
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Patients mentioned
Caroline of Ansbach
Original Page
Transcription
Steigertahl forwards J.H. Kaempfer’s response regarding the sale of his manuscripts, though he forgot to include a price. Dr Scheuchzer and P.H. Zollman are to take care of the finalization of the purchase of Engelbert Kaempfer’s ‘Histoire du Japon’. The King is well and went hunting. It continues to rain in Hanover. Steigertahl updates Sloane on the smallpox inoculations recounted in his previous letter: Sloane MS 4048, fols. 47-48. He passes his compliments to Dr Scheuchzer. Steigertahl includes a short note with information on a book.
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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Johann Georg Steigertahl to Hans Sloane – September 7, 1725
Item info
Date: September 7, 1725
Author: Johann Georg Steigertahl
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 55-58
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Language
French
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Medical, Scholarship, Scientific, Trade or Commodities
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Subjects
Hunting, Inoculation, Japan, Manuscripts, Royal Family, Smallpox, Weather
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Date (as written)
September 7, 1725
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
a Hannover
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Others mentioned
Prof. Engelbrecht George I J.H. Kaempfer Philip Henry Zollman Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
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Patients mentioned
Caroline of Ansbach
Original Page
Transcription
Steigertahl forwards J.H. Kaempfer’s response regarding the sale of his manuscripts, though he forgot to include a price. Dr Scheuchzer and P.H. Zollman are to take care of the finalization of the purchase of Engelbert Kaempfer’s ‘Histoire du Japon’. The King is well and went hunting. It continues to rain in Hanover. Steigertahl updates Sloane on the smallpox inoculations recounted in his previous letter: Sloane MS 4048, fols. 47-48. He passes his compliments to Dr Scheuchzer. Steigertahl includes a short note with information on a book.
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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John Burnet to Hans Sloane – October 6, 1725
Item info
Date: October 6, 1725
Author: John Burnet
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 70-71
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Transcription
Burnet offers his condolences to Sloane, having just heard of his wife Elizabeth’s passing. He thanks Sloane for sending the books, but he has not yet received them. Burnet is frustrated that his enemies are continually trying to damage his reputation and career. He thanks Sloane for his advice and support.
John Burnet worked for the South Sea Company in the West Indies and later served as the Physician to King Philip V of Spain.
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Francis Annesley to Hans Sloane – October 13, 1725
Item info
Date: October 13, 1725
Author: Francis Annesley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: f. 74
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Transcription
Annesley forwards a package he received from William King, Archbishop of Dublin. He awaits Sloane’s command.
Francis Annesley (1663-1750) was a barrister and politician. He was an MP in the Irish Parliament as well as MP for Preston and later Westbury. Annesley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1704 (https://collections.royalsociety.org/DServe.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=2&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27annesley%27%29).
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Johann Georg Steigertahl to Hans Sloane – October 19, 1725
Item info
Date: October 19, 1725
Author: Johann Georg Steigertahl
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: f. 75
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Transcription
J.H. Kaempfer offered to accept ’20 livres Sterling’ for the ‘Histoire de Japon’ manuscript, compiled by his late uncle Engelbert Kaempfer. Steigertahl forwards the letter to Sloane. He received a catalogue of a work by Mr d’Hattorf, the late counsellor and financial officer to the King in Hanover. Mr Tilson is to deliver the catalogue to Sloane. Prince Frederick is well and has gone for his third hunt.
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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Duncan Dundas to Hans Sloane – November 5, 1725
Item info
Date: November 5, 1725
Author: Duncan Dundas
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 83-84
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Philip Henry Zollman to Hans Sloane – November 23, 1725
Item info
Date: November 23, 1725
Author: Philip Henry Zollman
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: f. 92
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Transcription
[fol. 92]
Stockholm 23d Nov. 1725. O.S.
Sir
Since the sailing of the ship, of which I sent you advice by the Post on the 17th inst:t Dr Benzelius desired me to forward the inclosed Trimestre Secumdum 1725, which accordingly I do my Messenger as far as Hanover.
I also send enclosed an Extract of a voyage to Japan which I met with lately in an Auction in the Swedish Tongue. You will be best able to find out whether it ever appeared in any other language, particularly the second part, and consequently if so, I expect your opinion and commands about translating it into English and adding it to Kampfer’s Book. It would give an opportunity to try how much I have improved in this Country’s language. I have not yet been able to supply the defect in the Lapponian Prayerbook. I beg most humbly excuse for this short Letter, and leave to assure Dr Scheuchzer of my best respects and good wishes for the success of his work. I am with the greatest veneration
Sir
Your most humble and
most obedient servant
Ph.H. Zollman
Philip Henry Zollman (c. 1680-1748) was the Royal Society’s first Assistant Secretary for Foreign Correspondence, a post he assumed in 1723. He first landed in England in 1714, was trained in several foreign languages, and regularly corresponded with Leibniz (Derek Massarell, ‘Philip Henry Zollman, the Royal Society’s First Assistant Secretary for Foreign Correspondence’, Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 46, no. 2 (1992), 219-234).
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Zabdiel Boylston to Hans Sloane – December 14, 1726
Item info
Date: December 14, 1726
Author: Zabdiel Boylston
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: f. 238
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Language
English
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Library
British Library, London
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Categories
Collections, Curiosity Reports, Medical, Patronage, Scholarship, Travel
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Subjects
America, Animals, Horses, Inoculation, Recommendations, Smallpox, Stones, Voyaging
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Date (as written)
December 14, 1726
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Standardised date
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Origin (as written)
Boston, New England
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Others mentioned
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Patients mentioned
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Transcription
Boylston arrived in New England after ‘a long & Expensive voyage’. He thanks Sloane for his many favours and promises to send any curiosities he finds in New England. Boylston has enclosed a stone ‘out of a Gelding […] of about 17 years old’. It was removed just after he had left for London. The ‘Gelding’, or horse, was in pain for two weeks before it died. He was active, ‘fatt & lively’ before his illness. The first sign of sickness was a painful fit, ‘which lasted 2 or three days’. This pain subsided and he returned to riding and other activities, but ‘a week or ten days’ later the pain returned and he died shortly thereafter. It is thought that the stone removed from him was unrelated to the cause of death. The stone was found in his stomach. ‘When first taken out it weighed five pounds about Eight ounces, it now weighs but five pounds six ounces & seven drachms, and measures round one way, seventeen inches & 3 q’rs’. Many people have come to see the large stone, but Boylston thinks it would be best to give it to Sloane. He has not encountered any controversy for his publication on smallpox. The bearer is his nephew, Edward Boylston, who would appreciate a recommendation.
Zabdiel Boylston (1679-1766) was a physician famous for his inoculation of roughly 250 people during the smallpox epidemic of Boston in 1721. His method of inoculation was controversial because it was based on African practices. In 1724 Boylston traveled to London where he published the ‘Historical Account of the Small-Pox Inoculated in New England’. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1726 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabdiel_Boylston).
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John Burnet to Hans Sloane – January 5, 1725/26
Item info
Date: January 5, 1725/26
Author: John Burnet
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4048
Folio: ff. 120-121
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Transcription
Burnet has not heard anything regarding his friend’s quadrant from Edmond Halley. He wonders whether he should stop trying to get it back. Burnet asks Sloane to help him stay ‘in the good graces of Sr John Eyles and Mr Rudge’. He is having difficulty with his enemies and needs Sloane’s support. He thanks Sloane for his last letter and will try ‘to gett what Collection I can to go by the Royall George’ to London.
John Burnet worked for the South Sea Company in the West Indies and later served as the Physician to King Philip V of Spain.