William Boswell - Simonds D'Ewes - 1636-12-18

William Boswell, The Hague

William Boswell - Simonds D'Ewes - 1636-12-18

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	15616
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Harley MS 374, f.92
AuthorAuthor of the document.	William Boswell
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Simonds D’Ewes
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	December 18, 1636
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	The Hague ^{52° 4' 29.80" N, 4° 16' 10.85" E}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Halliwell 1845, vol. 2, pp. 228-91, McGee 2015, p. 2322, Burnett 2020b, p. 5093
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Agent
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'the Medall (of two Urns floating upon waves, &c.) which you desire, I have seen, both silver and brasse; but in private men’s hands, who would not part with the same, because they were originalls of the first stampe, which was in Zealand; yet, out of my owne particular curiosity, I have caused both it and all of such extraordinarie nature as have been made in Holland, since then, sent from Spayne, being forty-seven, to be cast complete in silver, of a handsome volume, about our shilling’s diameter, but thicker, and somewhat about two shillings a-piece.
And I am in dayly porsuite of more (if more to be found) either of this, or the other united provinces: all of which I shall not be unwilling to relinquish unto so studiose and noble a friend, if you shall have a mind unto them.'

(BL, Harley MS 374, f.92; Halliwell 1845, vol. 2, pp. 228-9; McGee 2015, p. 232; Burnett 2020b, p. 509)

References

^ Halliwell, J.O. (1845) The Autobiography and Correspondence of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, Bart., 2 vols, London.
^ McGee, J.S. (2015) An Industrious Mind. The Worlds of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, Stanford, Stanford University Press.
^ 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.