Autograph letter signed to the merchant John Aylward in London concerning details of their trading interests in Spain [manuscript].

Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain, 1700, August 30.

1 item ; 22 x 31 cm

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From dealer's description: "A lengthy mercantile letter penned by Michel Trublet in Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain, addressed to his father-in-law, the Irish Jacobite merchant and banker John Aylward (d.1705) in London. Aylward, orginally from Waterford, was principal of one of the Franco-Irish trading houses which resulted from the Cromwellian exodus from Ireland. In Malaga by 1672, he was at St. Malo 1687-98, then at London until his death. His import-export business traded in a wide variety of goods including citrus fruits, herring, cloth and wine. Updating Aylward on various business matters the letter mentions the arrival of Captain Ludman and goods consigned by Aylward listed in three bills of lading, including “4154 grosse pewter buttons & 2 chests with 900 dozen pewter buckles also one chest [containing]… 48 doz[e]n of worsted hoze & 2 bales [containing] 50 p[iece]s bays & a chest w[i]th 60 p[iece]s calamancos …” Further content concerns deals with a fellow merchant, “Mr le Roux”, discussion of the variation in weight of a shipment of liquorice on account of it being “moist” when weighed, advice on “cloaths … to send p[er] Capt. Keeble” ( “it is not enough that ells be of long length they must also have boddy otherwise will not doe …”) and the progress of an order from Walter Ryan for “20 butts sherry wyne.” Aylward is thanked also for sending a “beame & scales” and asked not to trouble himslef further abour a “wigg”. Much of Aylward’s correspondence has been dispersed, however a portion remains intact at Arundel Castle (See: F.W. Steer (Ed.), Arundel Castle Archives I (1968)." Ordered from Samuel Gedge, D9206, 2018-05-18, 2018 Summer List, item 200. Purchase made possible by The Elizabeth L. Cabot Acquisitions Fund. Purchase made possible by The Eric and Mary Weinmann Acquisitions Fund.

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