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RefNoMS/82/17
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Pierre Remond de] Montmort to [Brook Taylor], dated at Paris
Date22 July 1717
DescriptionAddressed 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.
Extent3 pp.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6093Taylor; Brook (1685 - 1731)1685 - 1731
NA7789Montmort; Pierre Remond de (1678 - 1719)1678 - 1719
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