Benjamin Ray - Samuel Pegge - 1730-8-15

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Benjamin Ray, Spalding

Benjamin Ray - Samuel Pegge - 1730-8-15

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	11734
InstitutionName of Institution.	Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number.	MS Eng. letters d. 46, f° 199-201
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Benjamin Ray
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Samuel Pegge
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	August 15, 1730
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Spalding 52° 47' 14.96" N, 0° 9' 5.87" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	William Stukeley
LiteratureReference to literature.
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Position As Numismatist, Antiquarianism
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ	http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/1a0a564e-4521-4704-83cd-42d1b613a1b5

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-Lettre du 15 août 1730 (de Spalding, Lincolnshire) : He begins with a carefully contrived argument, showing that antiquarian knowledge, especially of coins and medals, aids interpretation of literary descriptions in the classics and therefore that classical scholars and antiquarians are allied and the former must necessarily value and respect the latter. He hopes P. will enrol as member of the Society for the improvement of learning; which is amassing a library, and holds meetings and is well supported by local gentry subscribers. He refers to the examples of Plato’s symposia and the modersn, to Locke’s preface to his essays, and to Sir H. Wotton. He himself has contributed observations on some of the oldest Lincolnshire towns and on a few medals. He quotes an epigram by the Bean of Peterborough in which Stukeley’s illuminating antiquarian contributions are extolled. (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. letters d. 46, f° 199-201).