Autograph letter signed from Giovan Paulo D'Orco, Antwerp, to Bartholomew de Barnarde Corsini, London [manuscript], 1585 June 1.

1 leaf ; 34 x 23 cm

Including a copy of a previous letter of 25 May, concerning a dispute over a shipment of sating with two English merchants names 'Barnes & Webe,' perhaps Henry Webbe, Merchant Taylor and draper of London, in 1585 trading at a premises on Fleet Street. D’Orco suggests seeking assistance from Daniel Saracini in Middelburg and advises on the return of the shipment via that port or Hamburg. Penned during the seige of Antwerp, this letter, which travelled via Bruges, Nieuport, Dunkirk and Calais, contains references to difficulties in trade caused by the hostilities, including mention that Corsini’s agent Martin de Groot has been stuck in the city since the seige commenced

In Italian.

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Provenance: Corsini archive

Great Britain -- England -- London.

FAST ACC 271858 (flat)