Henry Futter - John Marsham - 1665-02-24

Henry Futter, Aleppo

Henry Futter - John Marsham - 1665-02-24

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	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 ^ᵖ	Coin Drawings , Agent , Roman Provincial
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'Right Wors^pll
I have not bin negligent of y^r Wors^ps comand, since my arrivall here, but such small quantities appears y^t one cannot buy above one meddall or two at a time. In all w^ch time I have procured for yo^r Wors^p 373 meddalls wch I gave [sic] given to M^r Richard Phelips (Esq^r Ferdinando’s & my own hon^d friend) to deliver you. What you shall esteeme them at, please to pay to my Mother. I have not kept y^e acc^o of y^e Cost, by reason I bought them so many severall times.
Here inclosed I send you an exact coppy of 3 meddalls w^ch a friend of mine one M^r Newman found out, he was M^r Lake’s friend, & hath desired me to use my best skill, for their exact bigness, w^ch if yo^r Wors^p hath ever seene, you will find them not unlike to these coppyes w^ch I have drawne & please to favour me w^th what you understand of them. If yo^r Wors^{Superscript text}p thinks fitt to keepe a correspondencey w^th this M^r John Newman here a Merchant, who is Sir John Deathicks man in London, you may probably find as great content in y^e variety of Meddalls w^ch he hath, as any person I know in these parts, can afford you.
Aleppo 24^th feb^ry 1664/65 Right Wors^pll
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

^ 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.