BIB_ID
300983
Accession number
MA 3200.7
Creator
Altham, Emmanuel, 1600-1635 or 1636.
Display Date
1628 June 18.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles W. Engelhard, 1978.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 31.5 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed to "To ye right woor and my most Lovinge brother Sr Edward Altam dwelling at marke hall in Essex per a frend whome god reserve, leave this at one William Watsons house in ye minneres at gunsmith to bee sent as above said."
Docketed "June 18. 1628 / Mauritius."
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 "June 18. 1628 / Mauritius."
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
Reporting on his naval expeditions. Stating that he arrived "at an Iland caled mauritius" on May 28, and that on June 17 he will depart for Madagascar, Melinda and Mozambique.
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