Letter from Sir John Booth, Holborn, London, to Edward Moore, Bank Hall, near Liverpool [manuscript], 1671 October 27.

27th October 1671.

1 letter

Refers to "our business" with "the Lord Ashly" [that is, Anthony Ashley Cooper, first earl of Shaftesbury] being scheduled to be done on "Munday fiue of the clock in the Iuening" and witnessed by Sir John Corriton, Mr. Creamer, "and my sealfe" and "I beliue Sir Pawle Neale will be put vppon vs for a share." Sells a horse to Moore through his [Booth's] son.

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Docketed "Sr John Booth Letter to me"

Great Britain -- England.

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