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Letter signed : Fermo, to an unidentified recipient, 1690 July 3.

BIB_ID
400383
Accession number
MA 2691.386
Creator
Ginetti, Giovanni Francesco, 1626-1691.
Display Date
1690 July 3.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Harold T. White, 1969.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 27.7 x 20.4 cm
Notes
Docketed in ink on verso.
Addressed to a count.
Address panel has been removed.
Watermark: indistinguishable design inscribed in a circle, with initial F on top.
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
Saying to his recipient that with great satisfaction he welcomed the opportunity presented to him by Sig. Isidoro Benedetti to baptize in his (the writer's) name the child which the Countess will be giving birth to; adding that he will do it not only as a favor to Sig. Isidoro, but also in consideration of serving Cavalier of his merit; (in his own hand) asking him to cordially greet the Countess, his wife.