BIB_ID
81287
Accession number
MA 8839
Creator
Austen, Benjamin, 17th century.
Display Date
1647 January 15.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 31 x 20 cm
Notes
Elizabeth Austen is Benjamin Austen's wife.
Elizabeth Austen's name is not given on the letter, but was determined by outside research.
Elizabeth Austen's name is not given on the letter, but was determined by outside research.
Provenance
Thane-Paston Collection.
Summary
Concerning his business in Holland, possibly a legal case, for the resolution of which he continues to wait; relating that he has run out of money and asking her to contact his uncle about a letter of credit; writing "I wounder I have not had a Letter from you since my comminge over that I may know how it stands with you & my poor Children"; listing those to whom he has given "humble servis", including Sir William Morley, "Mr. Betsworth", "Mr. Newman", "my Cossen Lambert" and others.
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