BIB_ID
299716
Accession number
MA 3871.33
Creator
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.
Display Date
1748 May 14.
Credit line
Gift of H.P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 23.4 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Euler to Maupertuis. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 3871 and MA 3872 for details.
Summary
Reporting that the dies for the Academy prize medal are being held by customs officers; advising against paying the requested duty because the money will never be returned once paid out; asking Maupertuis to order the striking of two gold medals since one has been promised to [Johann] Hedlinger.
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