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. 4291, Burnett 2020b, p. 3892
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Cambridge , Trinity College Cambridge, St Johns College, Impressions , English
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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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

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