Peru 1629 Viceroy Luis Jeronimo de Cabrera SFL Letter Lima to Huancavelica
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Description
Folded letter from Lima to Guancanca (Huancavelica), endorsed “Virrey” (Viceroy) at lower left, contents boldly signed by Louis Jéronimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón (1589-1647), who served as Viceroy from January, 1629 to December, 1639, the Count writing regarding the Royal Treasury and requesting “to know what belongs to His Majesty [King Phillip IV] in the district…it not being presently clear,” carried by Spanish horseman or Indian runner, there being no official postal service in Peru at the time, English translation of contents included, a remarkably fresh and rare early letter of exceptional quality.
Provenance:
Dr. Hugo Goeggel, Corinphila, 2015, Sale 202, lot 479.
Experization:
Brian Moorehouse certificate (25 November, 2015).