Item 1997/1 - Two letter from Eric Harris with one page of comments by Ian Stewart

3 items, paper

Two letters of Eric Harris, in typescript, concerning a submission of his [to the BNJ]. The first, dated 6 January 1997 (a), refers to an enclosure of the "final script", no longer attached, and is coupled with a page of comments, undated, in the manuscript hand of IS (b). In the second letter, dated 12 February 1997 (c), EH thanks IS for his editing and suggestions. The draft article to which the letters and comments refer is EH's "Die pairing of the transitional coins of Henry IV and Henry V", which appeared in the BNJ, vol. 67 (1997), pp. 20-29. In his comments, IS suggested a different form of words for the beginning of the second paragraph, the substance of which EH adopted. Towards the bottom of the page below the suggested changes, in a different hand, there is the note "Returned, in case you have no copy. E." In the first letter, EH also thanks IS for photographs of two of his coins that were prepared at AHB, noting that both coins provided die-links. EH goes on to complain about his archaeological work for which he must free himself "from this unrewarding attempt to sort out H4/5". He concludes with general remarks about the state of the world and overpopulation. There is also a manuscript addition of EH about the chart and lettering. The second letter, which includes a discussion about photographs, carries a few annotations.