| RefNo | MS/82/17 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from [Pierre Remond de] Montmort to [Brook Taylor], dated at Paris |
| Date | 22 July 1717 |
| Description | Addressed to Brook Taylor, Secretary of the Royal Society at [Abraham] Hill, Norfolk Street in the Strand.
Sending books. The second title has only just been published and contains various eulogies including that of [Nicolas] Malebranche where Taylor is cited p. 391. Also sending the 'Memoires de l'Academie' for 1711 in which page 324 is an article by Remond on music. The bearer of the packet is a young man hoping to work as a servant for a person of quality, he comes recommended, is of good character, knows how to shave and prepare a whig, can bleed and do some surgery, his handwriting his not too bad and has some Latin.
Sending his compliment to [Isaac] Newton, [Catherine] Barton.
A letter for [Francis] Hauksbee [the Younger] is also sent alongside. |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 3 pp. |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Place origin | Paris |
| Origin coordinates | 48.856667, 2.352222 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6093 | Taylor; Brook (1685 - 1731) | 1685 - 1731 |
| NA7789 | Montmort; Pierre Remond de (1678 - 1719) | 1678 - 1719 |