William Nicolson - James Sutherland - c.1700-11-07
William Nicolson
William Nicolson - James Sutherland - c.1700-11-07
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 14485 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland |
| InventoryInventory number. | MS 33.3.19, f.24v |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | William Nicolson |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | James Sutherland |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | November 7, 1700 |
| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | John Sharp I |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Burnett 2020b, p. 1541Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Gold , Scottish , Weight |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | English |
| External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
'I most heartily thank you for your List of the Golden coins of Scotland, which is much more complete than I could have had from any other hand. I am at a Litle losse in knowing what to make of your Drop. I took it to be the same with our penny weight, and yet (I see) it will not agree with that. I have K Charles the Firsts Scotch Broad piece (R his praesum ut prosim) which you sayes weights 5 drops and 5 Gr:, wheras in our Money weight, it carryes 6 de.w. and 17 gr: My Lord AB of York has a small coin of Q Marys (R crucis arma sequamur) which weighs with us two penny weight and 5 grains, it must be the same with what you say weighs one Drop and 24 gr: Be pleased in your next to tell me what number of graines make your Drop.'
(NLS, MS 33.3.19, f.24v; Burnett 2020b, p. 1541)
