Autograph Document Signed Francis Colman , being the request of a British diplomat in Italy for funds for Secret Service activity

by British Secret Service, Francis Colman

$1,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Countersigned in the lower margin by Thomas Pelham-Holles and docketed on verso. 1 p, bifolium. 4to. Some toning and light soiling to margins, tiny chip to one corner, old folding creases. Item #307807 An early reference to secret service in a British document, this being a request for funds by Francis Colman, His Majesty's Resident at the Court of Florence, for reimbursement for some Extraordinary

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