Detailed accounts of monetary and
trade transactions involving such
items as mares, corn, wine and
brandy, and discussion of the
relationship of trade to European
conflicts and various political
crises. Sidney also discusses his
father's death and his attempt to
obtain from the family estate funds
sufficient to return to Gascony and
purchase a house. Names mentioned
include William Penn (1644-1718) and
John Swinton (1621-1679), Philip
Herbert, Earl of Pembroke (1653-1683),
and Arthur Capell, Earl of Essex
(d.1683).
ACC: 93.2.2 (44.45)