BIB_ID
300977
Accession number
MA 3200.2
Creator
Altham, Emmanuel, 1600-1635 or 1636.
Display Date
[1623 or 1624 Mar.].
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, 1978.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 31.1 cm
Notes
Dating from Parke-Bernet description.
Docketed "1621 / New England."
Part of a collection of nine letters from Emmanuel Altham to his brother Sir Edward Altham and two related documents; items in the collection have been described separately in eleven catalog records (MA 3200.1-11); see related records for more information.
Docketed "1621 / New England."
Part of a collection of nine letters from Emmanuel Altham to his brother Sir Edward Altham and two related documents; items in the collection have been described separately in eleven catalog records (MA 3200.1-11); see related records for more information.
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
Describing an unlucky trading voyage along the southern coast. Criticizing the London company and the running of the plantation at Pautext [i.e., Plymouth], noting that it has been "undertaken by men unexperienced in plantations." Praising the abundance of the land, but regretting that the "Adventurers" were not outfitted by the Company with appropriate goods to trade. Asking him to keep his criticisms "close from the Company and not to think the worse of this country."
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