Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine
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15367
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InstitutionName of Institution.
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London, British Library
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InventoryInventory number.
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Sloane MS 3962, f.258
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AuthorAuthor of the document.
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Henry Hare, 2nd Baron Coleraine
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RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.
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William Courten
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Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .
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February 14, 1695
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PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
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Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
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Adolf Occo
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LiteratureReference to literature.
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Burnett 2020b, pp. 370-11
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KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ
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Greek , Roman , Roman Provincial , Roman Republican , Julian , Late Roman Empire
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LanguageLanguage of the correspondence
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English
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External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ
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'Yours [Courten’s letter] of ye 12th I wellcome as my Valentine to day, for I must owne Medalls are now become my Mistress, and afford me the best of pleasure. ... I am not yett fit for the foreigne plantations or the Greek colonys, having been so well intertained by you on the Latine shore amongst Emperors and Consulls. [Discusses late Roman inc. Julian with Bull, ref to Occo.] I desire to outlive Lady Day before I see the list of yor Gold Medalls for I shall nott (I think) bee able to forgoe your offer.’' (BL, Sloane MS 3962, f.258; Burnett 2020b, pp. 370-1)
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.