William Nicolson - Ralph Thoresby - 1699-09-17
William Nicolson
William Nicolson - Ralph Thoresby - 1699-09-17
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 14465 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | |
| InventoryInventory number. | |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | William Nicolson |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | Ralph Thoresby |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | September 17, 1699 |
| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | George Hickes, William Camden, Edward Thwaites, James Sutherland, John Sharp I |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Camden 1586Camden 1586, Harris 1992, pp. 304-5, letter 136Harris 1992, Thoresby 1912, pp. 77-8Thoresby 1912, Burnett 2020b, pp. 1087, 1538Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Saxon |
| 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 requested your searching into your Cabinet for such Saxon Coins as are omitted in the Tables of the late Camden. These I desired you would get drawn out; and communicate the Draughts (as speedily as you could) either to me, or Mr Thwaites of Queen’s College in Oxford. There’s a design to insert ’em in the new Edition of Dr. Hickes’s Grammars; and I have promised what Assistance I can help them shall be sent after Michaelmas. Mr Sutherland (of Edinburgh) will be a special Benefactour in this particular. He tells me He has (in his own possession) no less than 44 pieces omitted in Camden. He lately went to Glasgow in search of others; and he is now in Fife, whence he resolves to bring what Aberdene & St Andrews will afford him. He has set me a Specimen of some of ’em; which are taken by a curious and fine hand. The few that I have (and I am chiefly indebted to my Lord Archbishop and your self for ’em) I have sent up in Specie; having none near me that could take the Draughts of ’em. I am the more pressing with you to hasten your Quota; because the work is retarded wholly on account of these Coins, and the Subscribers begin to want Patience.'
(Harris 1992, pp. 304-5, letter 136; Thoresby 1912, pp. 77-8; Burnett 2020b, pp. 1087, 1538)
