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William Sherard - Hans Sloane - 1709-03-25

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William Sherard, Smyrna

William Sherard - Hans Sloane - 1709-03-25
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15936
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Sloane MS 4041, ff.306-7
AuthorAuthor of the document. William Sherard
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Hans Sloane
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . March 25, 1709
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Smyrna 38° 25' 25.48" N, 27° 8' 34.09" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Edmund Chishull, Antonio Picenini, Thomas Herbert
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, pp. 611-121
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Inscriptions , Collecting
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://sloaneletters.com/letters/letter-1437/
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Dr Picanini has distributed copies of most of ye inscriptions I have, & I hear Mr Cishall is about printing them. I write to him by this convoy to let him know I have severall others, wch I send to Ld Pembrooke, & hope to copy as many more if I can possibly make a company strong enough to go next month to Ha[?]. I have laid out about 300tt in medalls & daily collect what I can procure from all parts of this empire, having settled a correspondence in all parts of it, where there is any frank. but ye Ambassadors who send men or propose every ways & ye French kings agents make them very scarce as well as well as dear.' (London, British Library, Sloane MS 4041, ff.306-7; Burnett 2020b, pp. 611-12)

References

  1. ^  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.