Letter signed with an autograph postscript from William Cecil, Baron Burghley, London, to [Charles Howard, Lord Howard of Effingham], lord admiral of England [manuscript], 1588 August 26.
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Title
Letter signed with an autograph postscript from William Cecil, Baron Burghley, London, to [Charles Howard, Lord Howard of Effingham], lord admiral of England [manuscript], 1588 August 26.
Description
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Associated name
Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598, correspondent.
Nottingham, Charles Howard, Earl of, approximately 1536-1624, addressee.
Nottingham, Charles Howard, Earl of, approximately 1536-1624, addressee.
Summary
About the recovery of a Spanish ship in Newhaven. Endorsements, noting the place and time, trace the progress of the letter along the Dover Road.
Note
Printed in facsimile as exhibition brochure for Letterwriting in Renaissance England exhibit.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1991. Reign of the Horse (catalog p. 62)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004-2005. Letterwriting in Renaissance England (catalog entry 70)
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004-2005. Letterwriting in Renaissance England (catalog entry 70)
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library MS X.d.494
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Great Britain -- England -- Newhaven.
Great Britain -- England -- Newhaven.
Item Details
Call number
X.d.494
Folger accession
MS Add. 555