Martin Lister - Edward Lhuyd - 1691-09-26
Martin Lister, Westminster
Martin Lister - Edward Lhuyd - 1691-09-26
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 15543 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | Oxford, Bodleian Library |
| InventoryInventory number. | MS Ashmole 1816, f.87 |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | Martin Lister |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | Edward Lhuyd |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | September 26, 1691 |
| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | Westminster 51° 30' 1.60" N, 0° 7' 35.54" W |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | William Courten, Elias Ashmole |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Burnett 2020b, pp. 455 n. 600, 657Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Theft , Indian , Ashmolean Museum |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | English |
| External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ | https://tinyurl.com/y8orc4ue |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
'I am trulie sorrie for the misfortune [the September 1691 theft from the Ashmolean Museum]; things of Instrinsic value are to kiept in strong-boxes, or in Cabinetts, placed in inward roomes or Closetts: I carried this day your letter to Mr Charleton: and we both agree that Mr. Ashmole is not to be acquainted with it by noe meanes, being verie weake, & crazie in mind as well as bodie, & therefore this might make too dangerous an impression upon him against you. however if it chance to come his eare I will doe my best to appease him.
I have bought a 12 of Indian Coynes to send you, to helpe to smoothe the Visitours which you will receive by the Carrier. The stones you sent last I thanke you for, there was but one of them but I had before which was \of/ the oister kind. I divide the buccina into 15 Sections, of which I have now printed off 12, and I hope to finish the whole within an other yeare.' (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1816, f.87 (transcription from EMLO); Burnett 2020b, p. 455 n. 600)