‘Lustie’ farmers sought for a pioneering settlement
Bearing as its title ‘Certain Directions for the Sending of Men and Comodities, & Cattle to Virginia’, a 10pp secretarial manuscript thought to date from c.1609 proved a major attraction in a July 14 sale held by Forum (15/20/12.5% buyer’s premium).
It sold at £80,000; a far, far higher sum than the suggested £4000-6000.
Based on the experiences…