George Ballard - Charles Lyttelton - 1754-05-21

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George Ballard

George Ballard - Charles Lyttelton - 1754-05-21
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14287
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Stowe MS 753, ff.260-1
AuthorAuthor of the document. George Ballard
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Charles Lyttelton
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . May 21, 1754
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Francis Wise, William Borlase
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, pp. 443 n. 514, 1310 n. 13711
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  British Coins
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'I have read but little of Mr. Borlase’s Book, and have heard nothing about it from others. Those parts which I have perused, pleased me much, & evidently shew him to be a learned, ingenious, modest, candid Man. I have read all that he has said upon British Coins with great pleasure. How Mr Wise will relish, I know not: this I know, that I formerly offended him highly (& have many hearty blows for it since) by confidently maintaining several of those Coins which Mr Borlase takes notice of, to be British. How it came to pass that he said the little he has done in his Book, in favour of them as such; unless it was to ward off the blows of a critic. I know not; for he always positively denied them to be such in conversation.' (BL, Stowe MS 753, ff.260-1; Burnett 2020b, p. 1310 n. 1371)

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.