MRP: 14th March 1665/66, Letter from George Smith to Sir GO, London, Letter 2
14th March 1665/66, Letter from George Smith to Sir GO, London, Letter 2
BL, Add. MS. 40,708 - 40,713, vol, 235, year 1665, f. 45
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[BL, MS. 40,708 - 40,713, vol, 235, year 1665, f. 45]
My honno:ed ppresident
M:r Cha:s Longland[1] in Liv:o his promise to yo:w goos herew:th I pray serve him in what possibly yo:w cdann the purser[2] of the Returne will not give Bils of lading for the 3 chests of pearls aboard pretending the want of the Boatwaines note w:ch I never had be’yo:w. Sure they are there & demand them in the name of Mad:m Eliz:a Dalyson[3] in whose name they were Laden. He pretends to be bett:r Satisfied when he comes into the Downes, I have no more to add but y:t I am
S:r Yo:r truly affection:te friend & Servant
Geo: Smith
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- ↑ Charles Longland (b. XXX, d. XXXX), merchant. Charles Longland was a long term resident in Livorno. Formore detail on Charles Longland see 'Biographical profile of Charles Longland' in the Notes section of Charles Longland will. For correspondence of Charles Longland in the 1650s with the Secretary of State, John Thurloe, see Assorted letters of Charles Longland, Livorno (Various)
- ↑ The purser of the Returne was XXXX
- ↑ Elizabeth Dallison, Sir George Oxenden's elder sister and London agent