George North - Andrew Coltée Ducarel - 1744-08-05
George North, Codicote
George North - Andrew Coltée Ducarel - 1744-08-05
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 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. 429Nichols 1812-1815, Burnett 2020b, p. 389Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Cambridge , Trinity College Cambridge, St Johns College, Impressions , English |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | English |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
'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)