William Courten - James Sutherland - 1692-11-23

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William Courten

William Courten - James Sutherland - 1692-11-23
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14424
InstitutionName of Institution. Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland
InventoryInventory number. MS FR 339r
AuthorAuthor of the document. William Courten
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. James Sutherland
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . November 23, 1692
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. Burnett 2020b, pp. 1537, 773, 801 n. 991
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Coins Sending , Otho , Domitia
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'My worthy friend Dr Hacket favors me with the happy opportunity of being iust to my promise of sending a few medals which I could not transmit so well by any other hand. I am only afraid that since you did not send me a catalogue of what you wanted that many of them may prove duplicates, so that I must entreat you upon the receipt of these to send me a List of those you have not, & I shall do my utmost to supply you with them. Sr I rece’d the peece you were pleased to send me of Fabius Columna together with the Durk, which I most humbly thank you for, assuring you that if you will give me an account of what you desire & in to whose hands I must deliver it I shall be more expeditious for ye future.
[PS:] The 20 medals that Dr Hacket will deliver you are all genuine & Indifferent perfect, except the Otho, and Domitia, which notwithstanding are very true. Domitia is much rarer then Otho in silver.'

(NLS, MS FR 339r; Burnett 2020b, p. 1537)

References

  1. ^  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.