Autograph letter from Sir Walter Raleigh, London, to Mr. Peter Vanlore [manuscript], 1616 July 1.

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Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618,. Autograph letter from Sir Walter Raleigh, London, to Mr. Peter Vanlore [manuscript], 1616 July 1.

Autograph letter from Sir Walter Raleigh, London, to Mr. Peter Vanlore [manuscript], 1616 July 1.

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Consists of draft letter intended to be copied by Vanlore, and sent from Vanlore to Sir Adrian Thibaut, Vanlore's brother-in-law, in Amsterdam. The letter concerns investments relating to Raleigh's final expedition to Guiana in search of gold, to be agreed upon with Raleigh's deputy Mr. Henry Hovenar. Also includes, in another hand signed by Martin Basill, "This letter was shewn unto Mathias Penewart, at the tyme of his examination, on the part and behalf of Sir Peter Van Lore, knt, deft., against Dame Elizabeth Raleigh, widow, comp[lainan]et, 12 Junnii, 1623."

2 leaves ; 48 x 202 mm and 235 x 203 mm.

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