Jonathan Swift - Thomas Herbert - 1709-06-13

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Jonathan Swift - Thomas Herbert - 1709-06-13
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14596
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Jonathan Swift
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Thomas Herbert
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . June 13, 1709
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Andrew Fountaine
LiteratureReference to literature. Williams 1963, vol. 1, pp. 140-11, Burnett 2020b, pp. 1612, 16272
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Saxon
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia 
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'He [Sir Andrew Fountaine] has fallen out with me, because I can not prevail with a Fellow here to part with three Saxon Coins, which the Owner values as I did My Alexander Seal, and with equall Judgment.'

(Williams 1963, vol. 1, pp. 140-1; Burnett 2020b, p. 1612)

References

  1. ^  Williams, H.H. (ed.)(1963-65) The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, 5 vols, Oxford, Clarendon 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.