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George North - Andrew Coltée Ducarel - 1744-08-05

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George North - Andrew Coltée Ducarel - 1744-08-05
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15410
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. George North
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Andrew Coltée Ducarel
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . August 5, 1744
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Codicote 51° 50' 58.23" N, 0° 14' 13.30" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Charles Mason, Francis Parris
LiteratureReference to literature. Nichols 1812-1815, vol. 5, p. 4291, Burnett 2020b, p. 3892
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Cambridge , Trinity College Cambridge, St Johns College, Impressions , English
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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'I cannot forbear informing you that I had very ill lick at Cambridge as an Antiquary; for Dr. Parris, the public librarian, was at London, and had the key of the cabinet of coins, so that I could not see them. I was not quite idle, for I saw what are in Trinity and St. John's library, and commenced acquaintance with a most valuable man, Mr. Mason of Trinity, the Woodwardian professor, a general good scholar and excellent Antiquary; through whose Kindness I not only saw those in Trinity library, but have likewise taken impressions of several. I met there with a groat of Henry VII with the side-face and numerals VII which gave me great pleasure, as having the mint-mark, a dog’s head, directly the same as in a groat I have of those commonly called Henry VI with the closed arch crown, and which I always said were truly of Henry VII...' (Nichols 1812-1815, vol. 5, p. 429; Burnett 2020b, p. 389)

References

  1. ^  Nichols, J. (ed.)(1812-15) Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century, 9 volumes, London
  2. ^  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.