James Sutherland - Hans Sloane - 1702-07-07

James Sutherland

James Sutherland - Hans Sloane - 1702-07-07

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14518
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Sloane MS 4039, f.2n
AuthorAuthor of the document.	James Sutherland
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Hans Sloane
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	July 7, 1702
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	William Courten, William Sherard, Robert Sibbald, Antonio Verrio
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, pp. 774, 1121, 1546-71
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Roman , Saxon , Duplicates , Scottish , Gold , Silver
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'Honored Sir, I’me encouraged by my speciall worthy friend D^r Sherard to hope for your Correspondence, and shall reckon it my great honor to be any way capable of doing you service. I have of a considerable time applied my self to the Study and purchasing of Medals and ancient Coyns with what fragments of Antiquity I could scrape together in this place, and my honored Patron Mr Charleton, of ever blessed memorie, has been pleased to send me frequent Supplies of such Duplicats of ancient Roman and Saxon Coyns as he hade and I wanted for which he was content to take in Exchange such Scotch pieces as he desired either in Gold or Silver and I could procure; and when I hade not pieces to return of equall value to what he was to send he let me have them at the same rate he bought them. I understand by D^r Sherards Letter your willingness to do me such favor this way, which I shall ever acknowledge with all due gratitude. If ye please at conveniency to give me a List of such pieces as ye desire, and of the Duplicats ye can spare I shall endeavor to satisfie you any way ye propose. A Letter with your Commands directed to me at the Physick Garden at Edinburgh will be most acceptable, and at any time finde
Honored Sir
Your most obedient humble servant
Ja: Sutherland
Dr Robert Sibbald gives you his humble Service. If ye can inform me whether Mr Vario the painter be alive ye will do me a favor.'

(BL, Sloane MS 4039, f.2n; Burnett 2020b, pp. 1546-7)

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.