Autograph letter signed from Jacomo Manucci to the Italian merchant Bartolomeo Corsini in London, updating him on a case in the Admiralty Court at Exeter against Robert Giles of Dartmouth, found to be in possession of a barrel of Corsini's cochineal that had been stolen by the notorious pirate Clinton Atkinson [manuscript], Exeter, October 2, 1580.
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Autograph letter signed from Jacomo Manucci to the Italian merchant Bartolomeo Corsini in London, updating him on a case in the Admiralty Court at Exeter against Robert Giles of Dartmouth, found to be in possession of a barrel of Corsini's cochineal that had been stolen by the notorious pirate Clinton Atkinson [manuscript], Exeter, October 2, 1580.
Description
1 sheet (4 pages) ; 31 x 20 cm
Summary
Jacomo Mannucci was one of the most prominent Italian spies in the service of Sir Francis Walsingham, working in Lyons and elsewhere in France before returning to London.
Language Note
Text in Italian.
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Bifolium with integral address and papered wafer seal with small embossed head device.
Bifolium with integral address and papered wafer seal with small embossed head device.
Source of acquisition
Samuel Gedge number 74 PO 8580.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
X.c.197
Folger accession
269134