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Gravell Watermark Archive
FCP.022.1 |
 FCP.022.1 REPOSITORY INFORMATION: Folger Shakespeare Library201 East Capitol Street, SE Washington, D. C., United States., DC 20003 phone: (202) 544 4600 |
DATE: 1681/82 WATERMARK INFORMATION: PRIMARY: Foolscap (IPH KEY: A7.1.3) DIMENSIONS: 125 mm high x 71 mm wide SECONDARY: five-pointed collar; "4"; three balls PROCESS: DYLUX PAPER INFORMATION: MANUFACTURE: Laid CHAINS: 25-21.5-22-23-23 ARTIFACT INFORMATION: ARTIFACT: Newdigate newsletter YEAR OF USE: 1681/2 London, England REPOSITORY: Folger Shakespeare Library SHELFMARK: L.c. 1179 DATABASE INFORMATION: RECORD ADDED: 28 December 2000 NO. 1772 GENERAL COMMENTS: One of 3954 newsletters sent to Sir Newdigate of Arbury, Warwickshire from Whitehall, London. Sir Joseph Williamson (1633-1701) originated these letters for intelligence reasons. Williamson's newsletters differed from the commercial newsletters of a later date, such as O'Dyers. In order to obtain information of a secret nature, which in turn was dispensed to certain civil military officers, persons of power and authority in the counties, Customs officers, Naval Storekeepers, Postmasters, Governors of garrisons, Commanders of Fleets, Privy Councilors and officeholders in London, certain persons were paid for their information. |