Autograph letters signed from Stephen Smith, London, to various recipients [manuscript], 1619-1629.

Autograph letters signed from Stephen Smith, London, to various recipients [manuscript], 1619-1629.

9 items.

Written from Lincoln's Inn and Wallingford House, London. Recipients include: Sir Hugh Smith [Smithe] and Thomas Smithe of [Long] Ashton, Somerset. The letters to Sir Hugh Smith are chiefly concerned with his commissions for articles of dress. A postscript in the letter to Thomas Smithe of October 14, 1629 (8) says he has heard that "you would fain bargain for some of the Duke [of Buckingham]'s household stuff ... my lady thinks them all too dear." A note in (4), dated July 5, 1620, comments on a report that a royal proclamation will determine who may wear beavers.

Formerly Folger MS Add 736.

X.c.49 (2) Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2005. Consuming Splendor.

Transcription of Folger Shakespeare Library X.c.49 (5)
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.c.49 (1-9)

Great Britain -- England -- London.

X.c.49 (1-9)

MS Add 736