91. That he has not yet seen the rhapsody de re nummariâ, nor has any keen appetite to read any thing by the author of it, &c. Aug. 15, 1729. fo 137. This is the Mr. Smith mentioned in art. 66 and 76.
92. Enquiries about a copy of Edw. II's. wardrobe Account in the hands of Mr. Murray, and about another that Mr. West had mentioned to him.-Desires Mr. West to consult some MSS. in the Cotton library for him, &c. Sept. 22, 1729. fo. 139.
93. Announces the death of his "worthy, virtuous friend Mr. Graves of Mickleton" who died Sept. 18, at the age of 53.-Enquires after the books of Mr. Le Neve lately deceased, whose misfortune, he says, it was to have been always collecting without taking care to digest. Oct. 4, 1729. fo. 141.
95. Wonder's how Mr. Le Neve came to write "in such scraps."-That he died very rich, but that he [Hearne] cared for nothing but his collection of manuscripts which he is desirous of having secured for the publick.-Some particulars of' the late Mr. Whiteside. Nov. 22, 1729. fo. 145.
97. Some remarks on Mr. Le Neve's will and collections; on Mr. Anderson's plates, and on the catalogue of books belonging to the late Dr. Grey, with whom Hearne corresponded when engaged with his Fordun. -That Lord Oxford had purchased some work by Bale, with the author's own MS. notes, which he...
98. He thinks that as 5301. have been given for Mr. Anderson's plates, they are to be published in some way or other.-Sir Wm. Cordell of Long Melford, an eminent man in the time of Elizabeth, and an encourager of Saxton's maps.-That 1000l. had been asked for Sir Wm. Glyn's manuscripts. Dec. 25, ...
100. That Sir W. Cordell's arms appear in all the copies of Saxton's maps.-He is informed that Dr. Stratford left part of his books to the libraries of Christ Church and Manchester College, and the rest to Dr. Robert Freind. Jan. 23, 1729. fo. 154.