John Selden - Robert Bruce Cotton - 1620-01-01

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John Selden

John Selden - Robert Bruce Cotton - 1620-01-01
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15316
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Cotton MS Vespasian F XIII/2, f.310
AuthorAuthor of the document. John Selden
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Robert Bruce Cotton
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . January 1, 1620
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Toomer 2011, p. 351, Burnett 2020b, p. 2812
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Book
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://tinyurl.com/ycn8b8g5
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Sr, I beseech you, by all means to get me this night or to morow morning that your book of monies wch is in my L. Caries hand. I shall be wanting in performance of a speciall part of freindship, if I should not use all means to help my freind to it. & I doubt not but that you will not denie what you may do in such a case. good sr, if possible, let Colle bring it me in the morning. it shall be wth the other ready at your call. (BL, Cotton MS Vespasian F XIII/2, f.310; Toomer 2011, p. 35; Burnett 2020b, p. 281)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

Burnett 2020b, p. 1182 suggests L. Carie might be George Carew (1555-1629) (en)

References

  1. ^  Toomer, Gerald J. (2011), The correspondence of John Selden (1584-1654), Oxford.
  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.