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- 1968 (Creation)
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5 items, paper
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Two letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 2 September 1968, replying to a query about short-cross mint accounts in the Fox notebooks. CEB encloses a photographic slide that shows what there is in summary form; he will show IS the actual notebook when he visits on the weekend of the 14th. The slide and original envelope in which the letter and slide were sent are attached.
(b) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, SE1, on 18 September 1968, thanking CEB for the roses groat and making passing references to [Horace Herbert] King and Stewart [Lyon]. He regrets that he is very doubtful about the forthcoming Sylloge Committee meeting due to being "terribly short-staffed at the bank". He notes their enjoyment of the weekend.
(c) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, two small folios (recto & verso), dated 1 November 1968, asking IS for his views on a point of difference between Michael [Dolley] and himself over a William I coin of the PAXS type in the Stockholm Sylloge. He explains the issue at some length, apologises for bothering IS with the problem but notes that time is short if they are to have the volume ready for the Reading Congress in March. In a postscript, he comments upon "a satisfactory meeting with OUP", about which he has written to CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon] in detail.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, SE1, but without the date, which is added in CEB's hand in square brackets: "[c. 9 Nov. 1968]". IS agrees that the comment of Michael [Dolley] about the William I PAXS coin cannot stand as it is but must be either abbreviated or expanded, and he gives some possible formulations. He welcomes CEB to refer to his support. There is a note in upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand to the effect that he acknowledged the letter on 13 November.
(e) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from St George's Rd, SE1, on 15 November 1968, enclosing an offprint and part of a paper on Scottish mints for the Baldwin volume on which he asks CEB to comment. He is also anxious "that it doesn't conflict with [CEB's] ideas about English Berwick". Because it's his last copy, he asks for its return as soon as possible and for the comments to be made in a particular manner. In a postscript, he asks whether CEB would second [Robert B. K.] Stevenson for the BNS.