Edmund Gibson - Ralph Thoresby - 1709-11-08

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Edmund Gibson, Lambeth

Edmund Gibson - Ralph Thoresby - 1709-11-08
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16321
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Edmund Gibson
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Ralph Thoresby
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . November 8, 1709
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Lambeth 51° 29' 42.76" N, 0° 6' 58.81" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. John Sharp I, Obadiah Walker
LiteratureReference to literature. Camden 17221, Hunter 1832, vol. 2, pp. 214-162, Burnett 2020b, p. 8663
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Book Production , New Edition , Saxon
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://archive.org/details/lettersofeminent02thor/page/214/mode/2up
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'I little thought, till your last letter but one, that I had forgot to return my hearty thanks for your additions to the Britannia, and to signify to you how proper and useful they are, in my opinion, from beginning to end ... My acknowledgments, in the next place, are due for two letters concerning the Saxon coins; one received by the post, the other enclosed in a letter, which I had the honour to receive yesterday from the Archbishop of York, and both very instructive, in order to an easy and accurate knowledge of those coins. After my most hearty thanks for them, I must desire your directions as to the place where you think they may be best inserted: my opinion is, that, being a key to the reading of the coins, they will stand most conveniently before Mr. Walker’s annotations relating to each table, with an addition of your name and Mr. Walker’s, as the respective observations upon the several tables succeed in their turns.' (Hunter 1832, vol. 2, pp. 214-16; Burnett 2020b, p. 866)

References

  1. ^  Camden, William (ed. Edmund Gibson)(1722) Britannia, London.
  2. ^  Hunter, J. (ed.)(1832) Letters of Eminent Men addressed to Ralph Thoresby, FRS, London.
  3. ^  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.