Thomas Hearne - Thomas Baker - 1713-05-10

Thomas Hearne, Oxford

Thomas Hearne - Thomas Baker - 1713-05-10

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	15514
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Thomas Hearne
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Thomas Baker
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	May 10, 1713
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.	Philipp von Stosch
LiteratureReference to literature.	Hearne 1885, vol. 4, p. 1741, Burnett 2020b, pp. 436 n. 452, 959 n. 1812
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Oxford , Bodleian Library , Cambridge
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'At the Beginning of last Week one M^r. Stosse, a Foreigner, presented to me, in your Name, a Copy of your excell^t. Book about Margaret Countess of Richmond, for w^ch (and for several other Favours I have receiv'd from you by the Interest of our good Friend M^r. Bedford) I acknowledge my self extremely obliged to you.
This Gentleman I perceive from that Conversation I have had with him is one of those that collect Coyns and Medals on purpose to sell them again, and not out of any real design of advancing Learning. These Persons value Coyns more for their Rarity and Price which, upon that account, they will carry with some People, than for the use they may be of in illustrating ancient History, which oftentimes receives more light from Coyns that are common than from those that are scarce. I have receiv'd some hint that M^r. Stosse came to Oxford on purpose to get what Coyns he can amongst us. He hath been very urgent with me to give him the liberty of looking over every Coyn in our Bodlejan Cabinet distinctly and in particular; but this Request I neither can nor will comply with. I have however let him have the use of the Catalogues of our Coyns, and I design to produce to him such as he shall think fit to note from thence. This I have told him; but he does not seem well contented. I am the more cautious in this Affair, because I have been told that he hath left but a very bad Character behind him in Cambridge. I gave the greater heed to this, because the Person that mentioned it is a Clergyman, and actually a Member of your University. And indeed I have not heard a good Character of him from any one Person. Yet after all I shall be unwilling to judge hardly of him, provided I receive a favourable Account of him from you. My humble request therefore is that you would be pleased to write me three or four lines concerning the Opinion you have of him at Cambridge, (where he says he continued six Months) both as to his Learning and Honesty, but w^ch you will farther oblige.'

(Hearne 1885, vol. 4, p. 174)

References

^ Hearne, Thomas (1885-1921) Remarks and Collections, Vols. I-XI, Oxford, Oxford Historical Society.
^ 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.