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Corsica.- Herries (Sir Robert, merchant and banker, c. 1731-1815) Observations on the Estate of Marbeuf, in the Island of Corsica, & on the plan of an Establisment of Agriculture & Commerce there; with Proposals for a loan thereon, manuscript, 3pp., folio, [1792]; and a small group of material relating to the estate, 23pp., folio & 4to (sm. qty). ⁂ Includes proposals for loans to buy the property and an agreement in French for the terms under which the estate was going to be farmed. Herries had options to grow tobacco, vines, mulberry bushes for silk, soap making and olive oil. The enterprise was sanctioned by the French government but the project came to an end with the revolution.