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| |Recipient=William Courten | | |Recipient=William Courten |
| |Correspondence date=1695/03/29 | | |Correspondence date=1695/03/29 |
| |Literature=Burnett 2020b, pp. 371, 758 n. 10, 760 n. 22 | | |Literature=Burnett 2020b, pp. 371, 758 n. 10, 760 n. 22, 764 |
| |Numismatic keyword=purchaising coins; roman; roman republican; duplicates; collection sale | | |Numismatic keyword=purchaising coins; roman; roman republican; duplicates; collection sale |
| |CorrespondenceLanguage=English | | |CorrespondenceLanguage=English |
| |Grand document='So y<sup>t</sup> I resolve you shall part with none of yo<sup>r</sup> medalls from mee, if I am able to purchase y<sup>m</sup> & therefore Sr I pray send mee the price you sett on all y<sup>e</sup> Coss: Medalls in yo<sup>r</sup> 4 Boxes, w<sup>ch</sup> I have not, or w<sup>ch</sup> you have therein, for tho I may have many duplicates (by such a number as you & I have) yett I suppose yo<sup>rs</sup> better y<sup>n</sup> mine, & so I will keep yo<sup>rs</sup> under a title of Collectio Curtinia (for y<sup>e</sup> due respect ought to bee given yor 20 years Work. [Coleraine said that he would dispose of his own ‘supernumeraries’] still (as far as I can) to carry on & to compleat yo<sup>r</sup> Designe, & to keep yo<sup>r</sup> Collection intire for the Creditt of this Gentle (?) part of Learning, w<sup>ch</sup> is yett much a stranger in England.' (BL, Sloane MS 3962, f.264; Burnett 2020b, p. 371) | | |Grand document='So y<sup>t</sup> I resolve you shall part with none of yo<sup>r</sup> medalls from mee, if I am able to purchase y<sup>m</sup> & therefore Sr I pray send mee the price you sett on all y<sup>e</sup> Coss: Medalls in yo<sup>r</sup> 4 Boxes, w<sup>ch</sup> I have not, or w<sup>ch</sup> you have therein, for tho I may have many duplicates (by such a number as you & I have) yett I suppose yo<sup>rs</sup> better y<sup>n</sup> mine, & so I will keep yo<sup>rs</sup> under a title of Collectio Curtinia (for y<sup>e</sup> due respect ought to bee given yor 20 years Work. [Coleraine said that he would dispose of his own ‘supernumeraries’] still (as far as I can) to carry on & to compleat yo<sup>r</sup> Designe, & to keep yo<sup>r</sup> Collection intire for the Creditt of this Gentle (?) part of Learning, w<sup>ch</sup> is yett much a stranger in England.' (BL, Sloane MS 3962, f.264; Burnett 2020b, p. 371) |
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