Voyage to Jamaica.- Petition of Henry Coleman boatswain of HMS "Great Guift" for payment, Document signed by Sir William Batten, Sir John Mennes and Sir William Penn agreeing to pay, D.s. "J Mennes", "William Batten", & "WPenn", manuscript, 1p., some edges a little chipped, folds, browned, 200 x 310mm., 22nd November 1663. ⁂ The Great Gift was previously a French frigate, the "Don de Dieu", captured in 1652, finally used as a fire ship in 1666. In this voyage, recorded in the diary of Sir William Beeston were six jews, including Abraham Israel de Pisa and his son Isaac, come to trade and settle in Jamaica. Sir William Penn (bap. 1621, d. 1670), naval officer.
Voyage to Jamaica.- Petition of Henry Coleman boatswain of HMS "Great Guift" for payment, Document signed by Sir William Batten, Sir John Mennes and Sir William Penn agreeing to pay, D.s. "J Mennes", "William Batten", & "WPenn", manuscript, 1p., some edges a little chipped, folds, browned, 200 x 310mm., 22nd November 1663. ⁂ The Great Gift was previously a French frigate, the "Don de Dieu", captured in 1652, finally used as a fire ship in 1666. In this voyage, recorded in the diary of Sir William Beeston were six jews, including Abraham Israel de Pisa and his son Isaac, come to trade and settle in Jamaica. Sir William Penn (bap. 1621, d. 1670), naval officer.
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