Item 1967/1 - Letter from Michael Dolley

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Letter from Michael Dolley, in typescript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 14 February 1967, first regarding his arrangements for accommodation, etc., during a forthcoming visit in April. He refers to mention of the Rufus attack on Scotland in the Irish annals, new discoveries [from research] in the National Library of Ireland, a 1379 Irish reference to the valuation of the Scottish groat, an annotated copy of Lindsay's Coinage of Ireland, and a paper "coin" of 1804 that was well-known from the literature but of a type never seen before. Discussion then turns to the Loch Doon hoard, with MD asking IS whether he could provide the various pieces of information on the hoard. He closes by asking IS whether "the name of Hon. Mrs Hester Egerton (early 18th century) mean anything" to him.