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Letter from Henry Mott to Gerald Ephraim Hart [textual record]

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Date:

1876.

Reference:

R7823-0-1-E, MG29-D67, Volume number: 1

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Item ID number:

101438

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Letter from Henry Mott to Gerald Ephraim Hart
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Date(s):

1876.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.3 cm of textual records (8 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Item is a letter to Gerald Ephraim Hart from Henry Mott, dated Brooklyn 27 June 1876, concerning the sale of Mott's coin collection to a Mr. Cogan, an New York coin and medal dealer. Mott comments on Cogan and several other American numismatists.

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Hart, Gerald Ephraim, 1849-1936

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Hart, Gerald Ephraim, 1849-1936 : Gerald Ephraim Hart was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1849. He was a well known numismatist and prominent member of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal. The general manager of Phoenix Fire Insurance Co. in Montreal, Hart formed several valuable coin collections. He also collected paper money and autographs. A founder and president of the Society of Historical Studies, he was the author of several works including THE FALL OF NEW FRANCE: 1755-1760 and THE QUEBEC ACT, 1774.

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General note:

Received in 1970 from Christie's.

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See also THE FALL OF NEW FRANCE, 1755-1760 by Gerald E. Hart (Montreal: W. Drysdale; Toronto: R.W. Douglas & Co.; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888); and THE QUEBEC ACT, 1774 by Gerald E. Hart (Montreal: Gazette Printing Co., 1891).
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Henry Mott - Numismatics, 1876

Mr. Cogan - Numismatics, 1876

Numismatics - United States, 1876

Numismatics - Canada, 1876
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MG29-D67
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Volume [MG29 D 67] 1

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