William Sherard - Hans Sloane - 1706-03-29

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William Sherard

William Sherard - Hans Sloane - 1706-03-29

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	15939
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Sloane MS 4040, ff.187-8
AuthorAuthor of the document.	William Sherard
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Hans Sloane
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	March 29, 1706
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Thomas Herbert, Antonio Picenini, John Purnell
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, pp. 611, 6231
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Commission Unfulfilled , Commission
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'Nothing has made me more uneasy in this country, than the finding myself incapable of serving my L^d Pembroke, as I hop’d & expected to have done. I have neglected no opportunity of buying what medalls presented here, & have writ to all y^e places where I cou’d fix any corrispondence in order to procure them, and yet after above two years search have met but w^th two of his note. Dr Picenini who is gone for England by way of Leghorn will wait upon you, & justify what I write. He is in company with Mr Purnell a Gentⁿ of this factory, who will be glad to wait on my L^d & shew him what medalls he has pick’d up here in about 20 years. I have seen them & cannot guess they are worth in any part of Europe y^e quarter they cost here. I can’t pretend any skill my self, but I have by me most of y^e books necessary for y^e understanding them. Merch^ts have y^e same notion of them, y^t y^e Turks have, y^t they are all jewellery.' (London, British Library, Sloane MS 4040, ff.187-8; Burnett 2020b, p. 611)