BIB_ID
398645
Accession number
MA 2691.107
Creator
Gonzaga, Giovanni Luigi, Marquis of S. Polo, active 17th century.
Display Date
1651 October 20.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 28.4 x 20.1 cm
Notes
Addressed to possibly a lawyer.
Watermark: lamb inscribed in a quatrefoil (Agnus Dei, Paschal lamb), (Briquet, 56).
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Watermark: lamb inscribed in a quatrefoil (Agnus Dei, Paschal lamb), (Briquet, 56).
Part of the White Collection of Italian Renaissance documents; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Summary
Thanking his recipient for everything he has done to recover the cattle of a tenant farmer for a problem occurred on the say of Saint Augustine and saying that he does not think the farmer has the right to sue him for damages; sending him a letter to Marquis Villa regarding a business with Cardinal Alderano Cybo-Malaspina; also sending all the information by Doctor Costabile to Doctor Carazzi, his lawyer in Mantua, regarding a power of attorney and asking him if it would be better if himself and his wife went to Melara so that everything could be sorted there; in the postscript, reminding him to send the letter to Meldola.
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