MRP: 11th January 1665/66, Letter from William Blake to Sir GO, Ballasore

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11th January 1665/66, Letter from William Blake to Sir GO, Ballasore

BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. 56-58

Editorial history

13/01/12, CSG: Created page




Abstract & context


William Blake wrote to Sir George Oxenden from Ballasore.

Ballasore is a coastal town in north-east India, lying on the Bay of Bengal. In modern India it is an important city in the state of Orissa, known also as Baleshwar. The English settlement was first established in 1642.[1]

In this letter William Blake XXXX.


Suggested links


See Ballasore

31st October 1662, Letter from William Blake to Sir GO, Merschlepatam
21st October 1665, Letter from William Blake to Sir GO, Hugly


To do


(1) Complete the transcription


Transcription


This transcription has not been completed

[BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX ff. 56-58]

Mentions a packet sent to "my ffather & M:r Papillion"

Bakes wife appears to be with him in Ballasore

"I am sorry to understand M:r lambtons remaines to bee small, and pretenders to it soo many, that I am like to loose all his debts to mee, but being soo shall wave further insisting om that subiect.."

Mentions could not send ships last year to Persia "but made a Maldiva voyage"


Notes



Possible primary sources

  1. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balasore, viewed 13/01/12

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