Robert Wodrow - James Sutherland - 1700-09-23

Robert Wodrow

Robert Wodrow - James Sutherland - 1700-09-23

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14480
InstitutionName of Institution.	Edinburgh, University Library
InventoryInventory number.	MS Laing III.355, f.79v-80r
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Robert Wodrow
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	James Sutherland
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	September 23, 1700
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Sharp 1937, pp. 112-13, letter 551, Burnett 2020b, p. 15412
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Glasgow , Silver , Scottish , Saxon , Legends
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'I haue not as yet gotte those meddails I spoke to you of, but am not out of expectation of them. I was to have waited on the gentleman that has them but he was abroad. I was at Portglasgou; the place I need not describe, for I suppose you wer there. I found none there tho I was at some pains to search it. I hade a bit of silver from ane acquaintance ther that was gote among the silver coins, of the fibula kind, like quhat you got ther. I have gote 2 silver coins of James the First, as I suppose, one with Villa de Edinburgh, another with Villa de Roxburgh, some[quhat] broader then a sixpenny piece; as also a Saxon coin, as I take it, of the same bigness. I can make nothing of the kings name; on the reverse is Posui deum adjutorem meum Civitas London; and a lesser on, quhich seems to be one of the Henrys. An accompte of quhat additions you have gote to your noble collection would be extreamly acceptable.'

(EUL, MS Laing III.355, f.79v-80r; Sharp 1937, pp. 112-13, letter 55; Burnett 2020b, p. 1541)

References

^ Sharp, L.W. (ed.)(1937) Early Letters of Robert Wodrow 1698-1709, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press.
^ 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.