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Creator
Date
1699
Location
Madeira Islands
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
2 leaves
Language
English
Size
30 x 21 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 228974
Folger call number: X.d.584
Folger holdings ID: 243463
Accession Number: 264878
Folger call number: X.d.584
Folger holdings ID: 243463
Accession Number: 264878
Summary
Monthly newsletter with two entries dated January 8 and February 4, 1699. Contains information about Portuguese ships carrying wine to Brazil and English shipments to Barbados; account of mathematician Edmond Halley's trip to the coast of Brazil to observe "the variation of the compass"; and information of how Bolton's ship was being protected from marauding warships by Admiral Benbow, who was passing through Madeira to hunt pirates in the West Indies
Notes
General notes
Bifolium William Bolton's company shipped wine from Madeira to the West Indies, New York, Boston, England and Ireland. Robert Heysham was a London merchant and slave trader Labeled: No. 139 Printed in: The Bolton letters: The letters of an English merchant in Madeira, 1695-1714 / William Bolton
Exhibited
Exhibited: The Curatorial Eye: Discoveries from the Folger Vault, curated by Folger Shakespeare Library staff, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., June 13-August 29, 2009
Publications
University of Kansas, Spencer Library. Bolton Company letters; located at
Also known as
Extended title: Newsletter from William Bolton & Co., Madeira, to Robert Heysham, London 1699
Related names
author: William Bolton and Co
subject: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742
subject: Benbow, John, 1653?-1702
associated with: Heysham, Robert, active 17th-18th century
associated with: Bolton, William, active 1695-1711
subject: Halley, Edmond, 1656-1742
subject: Benbow, John, 1653?-1702
associated with: Heysham, Robert, active 17th-18th century
associated with: Bolton, William, active 1695-1711