(PERU) Manuscript copy book of mercantile letters sent from

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(PERU.) Manuscript copy book of mercantile letters sent from Lima to Spain. Approximately 700 pages. Folio, contemporary vellum, spine curled; closed tear on first leaf, otherwise internally clean. Lima, 1792-96

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The letter copies are unsigned and the author is unidentified, but all letters are dated in Lima and are generally addressed to Seville or Cadiz. Preceding the letter book is a two-page list of Spanish vessels entering and departing from Callao, 1785-94.