William Stukeley - 1755-02-20
William Stukeley, 1755/02/20
William Stukeley - 1755-02-20
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 15556 |
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| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | William Stukeley |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | Maurice Johnson |
| Publication dateDate when the publication was issued: day - month - year . | February 20, 1755 |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Spalding Gentleman's Society, Collection |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 2, p. 311-12Lukis 1882-1887, Burnett 2020b, pp. 462-3Burnett 2020b |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | English |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
'What is singular in Mr. Johnson’s praise is that he was the founder of the Literary Society in Spalding, which memorable transaction happened on 3 Nov., 1712. This society, through his unwearyed endeavors, interest, and applications in every kind, by his infinite labors in writing, collecting, methodizing, indexes, and the like, has now subsisted in great reputation for these 40 years, and excited such a spirit of learning and curiosity in that level part of Lincolnshire called South Holland as probably will never be extinguished. By this means they have got an excellent library, and all conveniences for their weekly meeting, have established a most extensive correspondence even to both Indies; are very exact in answering all communications; have made vast collections of MSS. letters, written historys, coins, medals, antiquities of every denomination, fossils, all kind of natural and artificial curiositys, drawings, surveys, prints, and the like.' (Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 2, p. 311-12; Burnett 2020b, pp. 462-3)
