MRP: 25th August 1662, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, Letter 2

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25th August 1662, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, Letter 2

BL, Add. MS. XX, XXXX f. 1

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14/12/11, CSG: Created page & posted transcription to wiki






Abstract & context




Suggested links


See biographical profile Sir George Smith
See Sir George Smith will

See 25th August 1662, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London
See 26th March 1663, Letter from George Smith & William Rider, London
See 26th March 1663, Letter from George Smith & William Rider, London, Letter 2
See 19th May 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London
See 10th July 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith, Jonathan Dawes & Daniell Pennington, London
See 10th August 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London
See 10th August 1663, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO
See 19th April 1667, Letter from Sir George Smith to Sir GO, London



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[BL, Add. MS. XX, XXXX f. 1]

S:r under ye date above written your honnowd Sister & myself Gritt ] yow by way of Marcellia under ye East India Comp:a r??evert, which XXXXXX ye Comp:a are informed was robbed between Paris & that place whire [?] unhappy XXXXXX causeth mee to send these few lynes together with a Letter from M:rs Dallyson,[1] The peace between us & holland is concluded many report not soo happy to ye Comp:a as was expected S:r Jn:e Holtz[2] [Stolz??] dyed ye day soo xxx Doct:r Cawder [Camden?] Bishop of Worcester[3] and a friend M:r ?Limbree[4] I canot write to any other but your self being the Post is upon depture [CHECK] I Committ yow to God XXXX over

[LH SIDE]
Adj 25:th September 1662

[RH SIDE]
S:r Yo:e truly afectionate friend & Servt
Geo: Smith



Notes

  1. Elizabeth Dallison, Sir George Oxenden's sister and his London agent
  2. Sir John ?Holtz was XXXX. See Missing faces
  3. Almost certainly Dr. Gawden (b. 1605, d. 23 May 1662), Bishop of Worcester (1662), translated from Exeter
  4. Mr. Limbree was XXXX. See Missing faces