The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Jeremiah Street ( - c. 13 Jun 1703)
Subject of/in a documentSubject of/in display
Relevant locations: Place of display (non-collection) at Halifax, West Yorkshire
Residence at Wiltshire, England
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)
My Friend Jonathan PriestleyTurner Hi,
furnishes us with a later Instance, and a Native of
story of Providences
England,Jeremiah Street (a
May22. 1703
was shew'd publicly at
could, saith he (who is himself a proper Person), stand under his
Arm-hole, and above an Inch to spare, and with my Hand could
just reach the top of his Head. He was seven Foot and five Inches
high, but corpulent and unhealthy, and falling sick at
was