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Title: Letter to Arthur Sparke, Barbadoes, 15 July 1654.
Author: Sparke, Charles, fl. 1654-1660
Addressee: Sparke, Arthur, fl. 1628-1677
All Contributors: Sparke, Charles, fl. 1654-1660 (Author), Sparke, Arthur, fl. 1628-1677 (Addressee), Sparke, Gabriel, fl. 1654-1660 (Contributor)
Place of Origin: Barbados
Date: 1654-07-15
Series Heading: M4. Sparke, Charles, fl. 1654-1660.
Geography: Barbados, Great Britain, Jamaica
Subject: Merchants -- Records and correspondence, Homesickness -- England, Sugar -- Prices, Ocean travel, Alcoholism, West Indies -- History, Barbados -- History -- 17th century, Jamaica -- History -- 17th century
Notes: First line: Brother, after my love unto you presented..., Original digital object name: bei-m004b

Title: Letter to Arthur Sparke, Barbados, 13 May 1654.
Author: Sparke, Charles, fl. 1654-1660
Addressee: Sparke, Arthur, fl. 1628-1677
All Contributors: Sparke, Charles, fl. 1654-1660 (Author), Sparke, Arthur, fl. 1628-1677 (Addressee), Sparke, Gabriel, fl. 1654-1660 (Contributor), Sparke, Nicholas, fl. 1654 (Contributor)
Place of Origin: Barbados
Date: 1654-05-13
Series Heading: M4. Sparke, Charles, fl. 1654-1660.
Geography: Barbados, Great Britain, Jamaica
Subject: Merchants -- Records and correspondence, Homesickness -- England, Sugar -- Prices, Ocean travel, Alcoholism, West Indies -- History, Barbados -- History -- 17th century, Jamaica -- History -- 17th century
Notes: First line: After[?] my love and dew respecte unto you presented and to..., Original digital object name: bei-m004a

Title: Letter to Arthur Sparke, Jamaica, 24 Jan. 1659.
Author: Sparke, Charles, fl. 1654-1660
Addressee: Sparke, Arthur, fl. 1628-1677
All Contributors: Sparke, Charles, fl. 1654-1660 (Author), Sparke, Arthur, fl. 1628-1677 (Addressee)
Place of Origin: Jamaica
Date: 1659-01-24
Series Heading: M4. Sparke, Charles, fl. 1654-1660.
Geography: Barbados, Great Britain, Jamaica
Subject: Merchants -- Records and correspondence, Homesickness -- England, Sugar -- Prices, Ocean travel, Alcoholism, West Indies -- History, Barbados -- History -- 17th century, Jamaica -- History -- 17th century
Notes: First line: Both my love and Best Respectes unto you..., Original digital object name: bei-m004c

Title: Letter to Arthur Sparke, Jamaica, 6 Aug. 1660.
Author: Sparke, Charles, fl. 1654-1660
Addressee: Sparke, Arthur, fl. 1628-1677
All Contributors: Sparke, Charles, fl. 1654-1660 (Author), Sparke, Arthur, fl. 1628-1677 (Addressee), Sparke, Gabriel, fl. 1654-1660 (Contributor), Sparke, Christopher, fl. 1660 (Contributor)
Place of Origin: Jamaica
Date: 1660-08-06
Series Heading: M4. Sparke, Charles, fl. 1654-1660.
Geography: Barbados, Great Britain, Jamaica
Subject: Merchants -- Records and correspondence, Homesickness -- England, Sugar -- Prices, Ocean travel, Alcoholism, West Indies -- History, Barbados -- History -- 17th century, Jamaica -- History -- 17th century
Notes: First line: And Ever Lovinge Brother. Theise ffew lynes are only..., Has had a bad trip--deplores the market--cannot get sugar at 4d. per pound--introduces Mr. Nicholas Sparke--Jamaica needs relief badly from England--has sent his mother a coconut by John Dudley--also sends an earring with pearls and a cake of chocolate--asks for brandy--longs to return to England but cannot get goods for passage as brother Gabriel has sold what he was given and "makes himsealf drunkard llaughing stocke to all the Country..."--in short, is very unhappy.There are Sparke family papers (54 documents), including letters of Arthur and Charles, in the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society--see Handler 152-153., Original digital object name: bei-m004d

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