Horace Mann - Horace Walpole - 1758-08-19

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Horace Mann - Horace Walpole - 1758-08-19
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16534
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Horace Mann
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Horace Walpole
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . August 19, 1758
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Florence 43° 46' 11.54" N, 11° 15' 20.07" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Richard Dalton, Philipp von Stosch, George III of Great Britain
LiteratureReference to literature. Lewis 1952, vol. 21, p. 2311, Burnett 2020b, p. 10752
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Medals
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://libsvcs-1.its.yale.edu/hwcorrespondence/page.asp
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'I have not been so expeditious about your medals of the late Pope, which are to come from Rome. Those of the Popes and family of Medeci of Stosch have been bought for the Prince of Wales by one Dalton...' (Lewis 1952, vol. 21, p. 231; Burnett 2020b, p. 1075)

References

  1. ^  Lewis, W.S. (ed.)(1952) The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole’s Correspondence, 48 vols., New Haven, Yale University Press.
  2. ^  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.