William Nicolson - Ralph Thoresby - 1702-03-21

William Nicolson, Salkeld

William Nicolson - Ralph Thoresby - 1702-03-21

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16376
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	William Nicolson
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Ralph Thoresby
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	March 21, 1702
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Salkeld ^{54° 43' 5.58" N, 2° 42' 56.72" W}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Thomas Herbert, William Stonestreet
LiteratureReference to literature.	Thoresby 1912, pp. 119-201, Burnett 2020b, pp. 904 n. 181, 1018 n. 1232
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Coin Collection
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ	https://archive.org/details/thoresby005/page/118/mode/2up

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'I was most kindly received by my Ld Pembroke, who gave me the satisfaction of being entertain’d (for some hours) with his Lordship’s rich collection of medals. He is certainly the nimblest man in Europe at that sort of learning, and indeed admirably well skill’d in all other kinds of knowledge. Four or five hours were too few for our running over a treasure as this, and I promis’d myself the having another opportunity of looking into the numerous remains of unseen wealth. ... Mr. Stonestreet’s shells are wondrous fine. So are his fossils; and his coins are (many of ’em) very good. But the man himself is what best pleas’d me. I do not know that I ever met with a more agreable mixture of excellent learning, modesty, good nature and religious disposition, in any one person.' (Thoresby 1912, pp. 119-20; Burnett 2020b, pp. 904 n. 181, 1018 n. 123)

References

^ Thoresby, Ralph (1912), Letters adressed to Ralph Thoresby, Thoresby Society Publ. 21, Leeds.
^ 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.