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Received November 28, 1769. 
Vlir. Accoimt of a very remarkable young 
Mufecian. In a Letter from the Ho- 
nourable Dailies Barrington, F. R. S. to 
Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. 
S I R, 
Read Feb. 15, TF I was to fend you a well attefted ac- 
| count of a boy who meafured feven 
feet in height, when he was not more than eight 
years of age, it might be confidered as not unde- 
ferving the notice of the Royal Society. 
The inftance which 1 now defire you will com-' 
municate to that learned body, of as early an ex- 
ertion of moft extraordinary mufical talents, feems 
perhaps equally to claim their attention. 
Joannes Chryfoftomus Wolfgangus Theophilus 
Mozart, was born at Saltzbourg in Bavaria, on the 
17th of January, 1756 *. 
* I here fubjoin a copy of the tranflation from the regifter at 
Saltzbourg, as it was procured from his excellence Count Haflang, 
envoy extraordinary and minifter plenipotentiary of the electors 
of Bavaria and Palatine : 
I have 
