Drake (Sir Francis, pirate, sea captain, and explorer, 1540-96).- Bagg (James, Mayor of Plymouth, factor for Philip Corsini, Florentine merchant, 1554/5-1624) Autograph Letter signed to Philip Corsini, 1p., 4to, Plymouth, 8th November 1591, "I rec[eived] yrs by this post. I p[e]rceve thereby Sir Francis Drake doth still oppose him selfe against the passage of fish and you I noe are in some doubt that it shall not passe awaye. The shipp stayese onlye uppon a good wynde and God wyllynge and not wythstandynge any staye or betrayal, they shall depart awaye wt the hole ladynge... . I have put 2 butts of the Leches o board the 3 butts I hav gone wyth what you will have done therwh...", address to Corsini on verso, small ink hole in left corner, folds, browned. ⁂ A contemporary reference to Sir Francis Drake. Philip Corsini, based in London used the services of James Bagg as his factor in Plymouth, checking incoming vessels with merchandise and supervising the smelting and loading of tin and other commodities for transport to London and Italy. Drake was an important man in the affairs of Plymouth and he was often used by the Court to adjudicate on and recover stolen property from merchant vessels plundered by English privateers. Drake, Corsini and Bagg were involved over a ship called the Uggera Salvagnia that had been seized by vessels commanded by T. Middleton, Erasmus Harvey, and John Davis Corsini and an associate, Scipio Borsany claimed the cargo as the property of Italian merchants and the captors claimed they were the property of Spanish and Portugese traders. There was a lawsuit over the appropriation of the cargo. Sir Walter Raleigh acted on behalf of Davis, and a compromise appears to have been arrived at in February 1591, only a few months before this letter was written. Provenance: Christie's Robson Lowe Historical Letters, Corsini letters, lot 153, 11th October 1988.
Drake (Sir Francis, pirate, sea captain, and explorer, 1540-96).- Bagg (James, Mayor of Plymouth, factor for Philip Corsini, Florentine merchant, 1554/5-1624) Autograph Letter signed to Philip Corsini, 1p., 4to, Plymouth, 8th November 1591, "I rec[eived] yrs by this post. I p[e]rceve thereby Sir Francis Drake doth still oppose him selfe against the passage of fish and you I noe are in some doubt that it shall not passe awaye. The shipp stayese onlye uppon a good wynde and God wyllynge and not wythstandynge any staye or betrayal, they shall depart awaye wt the hole ladynge... . I have put 2 butts of the Leches o board the 3 butts I hav gone wyth what you will have done therwh...", address to Corsini on verso, small ink hole in left corner, folds, browned. ⁂ A contemporary reference to Sir Francis Drake. Philip Corsini, based in London used the services of James Bagg as his factor in Plymouth, checking incoming vessels with merchandise and supervising the smelting and loading of tin and other commodities for transport to London and Italy. Drake was an important man in the affairs of Plymouth and he was often used by the Court to adjudicate on and recover stolen property from merchant vessels plundered by English privateers. Drake, Corsini and Bagg were involved over a ship called the Uggera Salvagnia that had been seized by vessels commanded by T. Middleton, Erasmus Harvey, and John Davis Corsini and an associate, Scipio Borsany claimed the cargo as the property of Italian merchants and the captors claimed they were the property of Spanish and Portugese traders. There was a lawsuit over the appropriation of the cargo. Sir Walter Raleigh acted on behalf of Davis, and a compromise appears to have been arrived at in February 1591, only a few months before this letter was written. Provenance: Christie's Robson Lowe Historical Letters, Corsini letters, lot 153, 11th October 1988.
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