BIB_ID
268528
Accession number
MA 3200.1-11
Creator
Altham, Emmanuel, 1600-1635 or 1636.
Display Date
1623-1635.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, 1778.
Description
11 items (25 p.), unbound ; ca. 30 cm
Provenance
From the Oliver R. Barrett collection; his sale (New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1 November 1950, lot 928); P.D. Sang; sale April 26, 1978, lot 241.
Summary
Collection consists of 9 letters to Sir Edward Altham at Marke Hall, Essex (MA 3200.1-3, 5-10). Three of these letters (MA 3200.1-3) were written from Pautext [i.e., Plymouth, Mass.] and describe the plantation and leaders of the colony. The remaining six letters (MA 3200.5-10) describe naval expeditions in India, his life and travel there, and his illness from fevers. Collection also contains one letter (MA 3200.4) from his brother-in-law Ralph Hawtry to Sir Edward Altham, regarding Emmanuel Altham's financial losses in New England. Collection also contains a memorandum (MA 3200.11) certifying the death of Emmanuel Altham in 1635. Items in the collection have been described separately in 11 catalog records; see related records for more information.
Housed in
Green half morocco drop-spine box (36.5 cm)
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