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RefNoEL/K/39
LevelItem
TitleTranslation of an extract of a letter, from James Theodorus Klein to Hans Sloane, dated at Danzig (Gdansk)
CreatorKlein; James Theodorus (fl 1730-1740)
Date1739
DescriptionStates that he will send his small work about the history of fish (stones in their skulls, the hearing of fish and observations of dissected male and female porpoises) when the engravings have been completed by Clifford of Amsterdam; recommends de Superville, privy counsellor to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, to the Royal Society
Original letter was in Latin and dated 21 October 1739

Extract from a letter of de Superville to Klein to attached stating that he would like to be elected to the Fellowship
Original letter was in French and dated 3 October 1739
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originGda?sk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Origin coordinates54.35205, 18.64637
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/32c1f14b-a18e-418b-92e3-6721b6c8be66
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8406Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector1660 - 1753
NA7788Klein; Jacobus Theodorus (1685 - 1759)1685 - 1759
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