George, Lord Herbert - Henry Herbert - 1788-11-07

George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke

George, Lord Herbert - Henry Herbert - 1788-11-07

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14858
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	November 7, 1788
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	George III of Great Britain
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, pp. 1080-1, 16861
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Collection Storage , Collection Sale
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'A violent aversion to discussing on any serious concern wher avoidable, where any difference of opinion is to be expected, prevented my taking notice of a few words that dropped from you after dinner the day I dined with you when I was last in town. They related to an offer made to the King of the refusal of the medals; whether in case they were put up for sale, or whether a downright offer for them for a specified sum was made, I never could exactly make out, but I conclude the offer must have come from you, that he might purchase them only in case they were to be sold. ... I cannot think of giving my consent in a hasty manner to the sale of so considerable a property. ... The box that the medals are now in, being of wood without iron hops or any thing of the kind, that another strong iron-hooped chest should be made, for the present one to be put into without its being removed from the Bank, & that chest should have some strong locks with four different keys ...' (Burnett 2020b, p. 1686)

References

^ 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.