Edward Morris - Unknown recipient 1692-06-05
Edward Morris
Edward Morris - Unknown recipient 1692-06-05
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 14146 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | |
| InventoryInventory number. | Samuel Gedge Catalogue 46 (2019), lot 46 |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | Edward Morris |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | |
| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Burnett 2020b, p. 1219 n. 351Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Sale , Coin Collection , Local Finds |
| 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".
Letter of Edward Morris to Rev. Dr. [ ], 5 June 1692: '1st. As to coins I resserve you to the inclosed. Only further I must add yt if you please to give me an Account of wt kinds you chiefly desire to be satisfied in, I shall in Duty examine the Stores of some of my ffriends, wch are not small, & no doubt consists of much greater Variety than my small Collection pretends to, & desire them to you in your own way. Coyns here are found after A washing Shower of Rain, mostly on plowed Grounds within the Walls (wch are frequently taken u[p] by the Inhabitants, having no quarries of Stone) Sometimes they are found without the Circuit, but that is as rare as to find them on tops of Thatched Hou[ ] whether they may, & some thence are carried in Mortar, ....'
(Burnett 2020b, p. 1219 n. 300)
