Henry Futter - John Marsham - 1665-02-24

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Henry Futter, Aleppo

Henry Futter - John Marsham - 1665-02-24
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15726
InstitutionName of Institution. Maidstone, Kent History and Library Centre
InventoryInventory number. U1300 C1/7
AuthorAuthor of the document. Henry Futter
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. John Marsham
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . February 24, 1665
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Aleppo 36° 11' 57.26" N, 37° 9' 49.41" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Richard Philips, Ferdinando Marsham, John Dethick, John Newman
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, pp. 557, 570 n. 25, 5781
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Coin Drawings , Agent , Roman Provincial
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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'Right Worspll
I have not bin negligent of yr Worsps comand, since my arrivall here, but such small quantities appears yt one cannot buy above one meddall or two at a time. In all wch time I have procured for yor Worsp 373 meddalls wch I gave [sic] given to Mr Richard Phelips (Esqr Ferdinando’s & my own hond friend) to deliver you. What you shall esteeme them at, please to pay to my Mother. I have not kept ye acco of ye Cost, by reason I bought them so many severall times.
Here inclosed I send you an exact coppy of 3 meddalls wch a friend of mine one Mr Newman found out, he was Mr Lake’s friend, & hath desired me to use my best skill, for their exact bigness, wch if yor Worsp hath ever seene, you will find them not unlike to these coppyes wch I have drawne & please to favour me wth what you understand of them. If yor WorsSuperscript textp thinks fitt to keepe a correspondencey wth this Mr John Newman here a Merchant, who is Sir John Deathicks man in London, you may probably find as great content in ye variety of Meddalls wch he hath, as any person I know in these parts, can afford you.
Aleppo 24th febry 1664/65 Right Worspll
Your humble servant at Comand
Henry Futter'

(Maidstone, Kent History and Library Centre U1300 C1/7; Burnett 2020b, p. 557)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

The drawings that Futter sent with this letter are preserved at Maidstone, Kent History and Library Centre, U1300/Z11 (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.