Autograph letter signed from Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham, Whitehall, to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1692 July 5.

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Autograph letter signed from Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham, Whitehall, to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1692 July 5.

Concerns England's Navy: providing updates and directions for transport ships and regiments, particularly Galway's and (Colonel Thomas?) Langston's regiments; Nottingham's disagreement with Admiral Russel over sending a fleet to France; explaining why Sir Richard Holme's project has been set aside; privateers; and promise of loan from the East India Company.

2 leaves ; 21 x 18 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7578345

Folger Shakespeare Library

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East India Company

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The East India Company (formally called the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies (1600-1708) and the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies (1708-1873)), was an English company formed for the exploitation of the spice trade in East and Southeast Asia and India. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in December 1600. From the guide to the East India Company, 1647, 1647, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...

Galway, Henri de Massue, Earl of, 1648-1720

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England and Wales. Royal Navy

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Nottingham, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1647-1730

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Langston, Thomas, Colonel, fl. 1692

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Orford, Edward Russell, Earl of, 1653-1727

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Holme, Richard, Sir, fl. 1692

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