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Jacob Bobart - Hans Sloane - 1699-05-09

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Jacob Bobart - Hans Sloane - 1699-05-09
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16557
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Sloane MS 4037, ff.265-6
AuthorAuthor of the document. Jacob Bobart
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Hans Sloane
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . May 9, 1699
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Oxford 51° 45' 7.25" N, 1° 15' 28.26" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, p. 1123 n. 671
KeywordNumismatic Keywords 
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://sloaneletters.com/letters/letter-0580/
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Summary from sloaneletters.com: 'Bobart discusses the delivery of books to Oxford’s Public Library. He sends ‘inclosed [an] illegeable medall, wch they can make nothing of’. Bobart has planted the seeds and tells Sloane that he will keep him updated on their progress. A list of twenty-one specimens is included.'

References

  1. ^  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.