Vellum document, signed “G. Downing”

by George Downing

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

1 vols. 2 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches. Receipt for John Wolstenholme, John Jacob Nitho and John Shaw, John Harrison is mentioned, stitchmarks, some light soiling. Item #16980 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

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