Autograph letter from Sauveur Marin to Francesco Venturini
This letter, written in Italian, is addressed by Marin to Venturini and another business colleague in Livorno, a Signor Vernaccia. Here Marin acknowledges the arrival of letters and monies in Larnaca via the English ship Fedelta. A French ship also arrived via Sidon and Acre. All the cotton sent to Acre was sold, mainly to clients from Tunis. Cotton was very expensive due to extreme competition from 6 merchant vessels from Marseille (with 6 more due to arrive shortly) and 8 ships from England, heading for London. Marin laments that war with Spain seems inevitable but is glad that there is peace with the Barbary states, Algeria and Tripoli in Libya.
Autograph letter, in Italian, signed, from Sauveur Marin (Salvador Marin) to Francesco Venturini, dated from Larnaca, 23 April, 1689.
Autograph letter from Sauveur Marin to Francesco Venturini