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Extract of a letter, from Gerardus Fridericus Muller [Gerhard Friedrich Muller] to Hans Sloane

Reference number: EL/M3/20

Date: 30 June 1733

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Concerning Muller's history of Russia which was going to be continued by Adophus Cramer because Muller had been ordered to go on the expedition to Kamtschatka (Siberia) as historiographer by Catherine the Great; Muller gives details of the topics on Russian history which were ready to go to press; discusses his work on the 'Chalmucks' which he says will help him when he goes to Siberia

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EL/M3/20
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30 June 1733
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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Gerhard Friedrich Muller

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Gerhard Friedrich Muller, Extract of a letter, from Gerardus Fridericus Muller [Gerhard Friedrich Muller] to Hans Sloane, 30 June 1733, EL/M3/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_20/extract-of-a-letter-from-gerardus-fridericus-muller-gerhard-friedrich-muller-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 11 April 2026

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