BIB_ID
398640
Accession number
MA 2691.102
Creator
Gonzaga, Giovanni Luigi, Marquis of S. Polo, active 17th century.
Display Date
1655 July 28.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 30 x 20.9 cm
Notes
Docketed in ink on verso.
Addressed to possibly a lawyer.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Addressed to possibly a lawyer.
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: three circles containing an A, initials E and C, and a cross, and a crown on top.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Summary
Writing to his recipient about renting a property in Marina to certain Marco Carta, who will be paying 125 soldi for five years and will be obliged to work the land properly and improve it; concerning the lawsuit in Rome, telling that the best way is to deal with it, giving the power to follow and conclude it to his recipient; asking to control the deposit and its resolution for the business in Forlì and giving his availability to sell some castles of a share upon presence of certain conditions; talking briefly about the war, saying that he is sorry for those who support the Spaniards but assuring that their property in Milan will not be in danger; recounting an incident on the 22nd of July due to a wild horse that wrecked the coach and describing the injuries occurred to the women in it; in the postscript saying that Lorenzo arrived in Casale with some difficulty but has not returned yet.
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