Anthony Tuckney - Simonds D'Ewes - 1649-05-18 (b)

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Anthony Tuckney, Cambridge

Anthony Tuckney - Simonds D'Ewes - 1649-05-18 (b)
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15407
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Harley MS 374, f.383
AuthorAuthor of the document. Anthony Tuckney
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Simonds D’Ewes
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . May 18, 1649
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Cambridge 52° 12' 19.91" N, 0° 7' 7.19" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, pp. 382-31
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Gift , Book , Cambridge , University Collection
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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'Right worthy & much honoured, I very heartily wish I had been able in my last letters to have expressed to you my own & the universities gratefull resentments & acknowledgments of your former bounty, but your letter hath soe exceedingly engaged us, that had I enjoyed my health I should not have known how to have gone about in any fitt manner to have returned our indebted thankes for soe noble a favour, but a late distemper of body having very much unfitted me for any thinge, was happy in this, that it putt me upon thoughts of doing it a much better way, by giving order to the Orator of the university to draw upp a letter to you, wch in a Congregation called this day was read & very chearfully and by all approved, & voted to be sent to you as a publick testimony of the whole universities humble thankfulness for that great honour you have putt upon it. Sr the booke wch you sent for is herewth sent by Glenton the Carryer, wch when you have don wth, you will please to return, nor need you doubt of our cheerful readiness to acco’modate you wth any other books we have, wch may further you in that noble worke wch you are soe intent upon, in which you have our most cordial desires of an happy success, for the great advancement of learning, & the glory not only of your worthy self, but also of the whole English Nation.' (BL< Harley MS 374, f.383; Burnett 2020b, pp. 382-3 n. 26)

References

  1. ^  Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.