William Nicolson - James Sutherland - c.1700-11-07

Correspondence

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. 15411
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Gold , Scottish , Weight
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'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)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

Letter is undated but must date to around 7 November 1700, given comparison with other letters of Nicolson (FINA ID 14481 and 14484) (en)