Document Signed. 1662 privy seal warrant issued to future Jamaican privateer and Speaker of the Jamaica House of Assembly, Sir Thomas Whetstone

by Privateers Jamaica, Sir Lawrence Tanfield

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1 bifolium, 11-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. , accomplished entirely in manuscript. Docketed verso: “Sr Tho. Whetstones warrant for £100 out of the privy seals dormant. indistinct initials follow .”. 1 vols. 4to. Former fold lines, per usual; some surface soil to recto of document; heavy surface soil to verso of integral cognate; small perimeter chips and light distress. See ODNB; Marley, Pirates of the Americas, pp. 399–405. Item #250234 According to

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