Thomas Owen - William Sherard - 1710-12-06

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Thomas Owen, Aleppo

Thomas Owen - William Sherard - 1710-12-06

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	16014
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, Royal Society
InventoryInventory number.	MS 254/398
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Thomas Owen
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	William Sherard
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	December 6, 1710
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Aleppo 36° 11' 57.26" N, 37° 9' 49.41" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Pikerus
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, p. 618Burnett 2020b
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Price
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Worthy S^r
On receipt of y^r favour Sep’ the 14^th, having Consulted wth my worthy freind D^r Pikerius, I venturd on y^t parcel of medals I gave you so lame and Imperfect an Account of Aug^st the 5^th.
I was much ashamd & sorry to find you so dissatisfyd about ’em; & for that reason, tho’ w^th much adoe, have lowerd the price twenty five dollars; so y^t you are D[ebto]^r seventy five dollars only, w^ch be pleasd to Order, at y^r own Convenience. I am indeed heartily desirous to serve you; but the greater my ambition is in y^t particular, the greater is my Misfortune in being so Uncapable: & upon my word, nothing but my great Esteem & Honour for your singular worth & Goodness could have oblig’d me to a Task I am so very Ignorant of, & \have/ so small a Genius to. However, to assure you of my Sincerity, will not be discouragd from renewing my best Services, wⁿ you are pleasd to lay any farther Commands on,
Worthy S^r
Y^r most Obligd humb’ Servt
T Owen'

(Royal Society, MS 254/398)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

Given the similarity between the contents of this letter and another preserved in Sherard's papers, Owen must have forgotten that he had already replied, perhaps as the result of too much Visney (cherry brandy) and Racki. Both were sent, since Sherard marks their receipt (on different days), but replied only once, on 12 February. (en)