Vellum document, signed “G. Downing,”

by George Downing

$450 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

1 vols. 2 1/8 x 13 1/2 inches. Receipt for William Rumbold. Some light soiling but good. Item #16979 One of Harvard's earliest graduates, Downing is best known for his involvement in taking New York from the Dutch. He served Cromwell as foreign minister, quite successfully. In 1655 he was sent to France to convey Cromwell's unhappiness with Louis XIV and his famous meeting with Mazarin took place then. In 1657 he was selected Minister to Holland

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