]> 2026-05-29T00:00:15+00:00 William Crosse - William Sherard - 1716-05-03 0 en 41.0092,28.96622 1716-05-03Z 2347938.5 'Pera May 3^d 1716<br> Hon^d S^r<br> Since my last to you under Ap. 12, I am obligd by yo^rs of ye 9th, y^e Contents relating to y^e Medals are [v]ery satisfactory & worthy of my Esteem; & you cannot [b]lame me for pressing upon you for Information, because [I] find conversing w^th you, by far, y^e more compendious way of [le]ading my advances. I have receivd y^e Books fro’ Brother Owen, but they are 2 or 3 small imperfect Pieces of Mons^r Patin, such as Histoire des Medailles, & an Anonymous Author of y^e same Subject, w^ch are but Trifling Things for this Purpose. I am concernd that Consul Pilkingtons Packet w^ch ought to have been heard of before y^e date of yo^r Letter, I saw it put under Mr Stamper’s Cover & forwarded w^th his Letters. You were pleasd to lay your Comands upon me to gather up my duplicates, w^ch I should otherwise have been ashamd to have sent you. I could have enlargd y^e number, but as you plainly see y^t bad is y^e best, so y^e less of it y^e better. I cannot yet send you any acco^t of my farther acquisitions having not yet been at Stamboul. All silver I p’chase now at 8 per’ per drachma of y^e Shraphe y^t I deal with. I shortly expect a small Supply fro’ Angora. Cairo sends no auxiliarys worth mentioning, I have just receivd a small Cargo; y^e French spoil y^e Trade there by vending false Medals & giving great Prices for True Ones. I hope you’l excuse me if I am a little Troublesome in future since I find y^e advantage of yo^r Conversation here will be of short Continuance, so y^t I must lay in y^e Foundation upon w^ch I can improve afterwards.<br> The Greek Convent at Maure Molos is at last raz’d to ye Ground, upon y^e Monks petitioning y^e vizier to lett em rebuild y^e Xch, offering also y^e Xch Plate to y^e Treasury. I shall be ambitious of executing yo^r Comands in this Place, if you can make me serviceable to you during yo^r stay in this Countrey & I am most heartily<br> S^r yo^r very faithful & humble Ser^t<br> W Crosse' (Royal Society, MS 252/117; Burnett 2020b, p. 1522) 14439 MS 252/117 English Patin 1695 Burnett 2020b, pp. 1522, 613, 621 numismatic literature duplicates purchaising coins coin price forgeries 14439 William Crosse - William Sherard - 1716-05-03 Pera Correspondence.png 2023-08-01T09:56:20Z 2460157.9141204 2023-11-20T16:54:07Z 2460269.2042477 false William Crosse - William Sherard - 1716-05-03 0 0 plainlist leaflet 1 [[:William Crosse - William Sherard - 1716-05-03]] William Crosse - William Sherard - 1716-05-03# QUERY5560e991a6c82edcaf27a68b2344dc44 0 0 csv 1 [[:William Crosse - William Sherard - 1716-05-03]] William Crosse - William Sherard - 1716-05-03# QUERY250b34ae4aecd9613cc82b09ed9f9e0c