Edward Morris - Unknown recipient 1692-06-05

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Edward Morris - Unknown recipient 1692-06-05
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14146
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number. Samuel Gedge Catalogue 46 (2019), lot 46
AuthorAuthor of the document. Edward Morris
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, p. 1219 n. 3511
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Sale , Coin Collection , Local Finds
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia 
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Letter of Edward Morris to Rev. Dr. [ ], 5 June 1692: '1st. As to coins I resserve you to the inclosed. Only further I must add yt if you please to give me an Account of wt kinds you chiefly desire to be satisfied in, I shall in Duty examine the Stores of some of my ffriends, wch are not small, & no doubt consists of much greater Variety than my small Collection pretends to, & desire them to you in your own way. Coyns here are found after A washing Shower of Rain, mostly on plowed Grounds within the Walls (wch are frequently taken u[p] by the Inhabitants, having no quarries of Stone) Sometimes they are found without the Circuit, but that is as rare as to find them on tops of Thatched Hou[ ] whether they may, & some thence are carried in Mortar, ....'

(Burnett 2020b, p. 1219 n. 300)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

Burnett 2020b, p. 1219 n. 351 suggests that the recipient might be either Edmund Gibson or Arthur Charlett. (en)

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.