Weemes, James, fl. 1700-1701 to Robert Livingston

GLC03107.00571

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GLC#
GLC03107.00571-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1700/06/07
Author/Creator
Weemes, James, fl. 1700-1701
Title
to Robert Livingston
Place Written
Albany, New York
Pagination
1 p. : address Height: 33.1 cm, Width: 21 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
The Thirteen Colonies

Weemes writes discussing the key issue of Europe: the succession of the Spanish throne. With the death of the King of Spain, it is rumored that the throne would pass to the Dauphin of France. Weemes also writes of the ill-fated Scottish Colony of Darien, and its subsequent claiming by the Spanish. Finally, Weemes writes of his difficulties in gaining pay for the thirty men serving under his command. Docketed on address leaf.

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