Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1666-02-13, [Rome]

Letter from PF to Jean Le Vacher, 1666-02-13, [Rome]

Algiers

Slaves (Christian)

Malta

Ransom

Tunis

Letter from PF to Gio' LeVacher [Jean Le Vacher]. In Rome is a deposit of 1,000 pezze da otto, that the Dey orginally gave to some Maltese captains in order to ransom a slave in Messina. They kept the money for themselves until they arrived in Rome, where they were forced to deposit it. This was done in order to make sure that the slaves in Barbary would not suffer because of the incident. The Dey threatened to compensate his loss with the money intended for the ransoming of Christian slaves. As the Dey has since died, there is no more risk of persecution. To be sure of this they ask Le Vacher to inform them about the exact situation, and to write an extensive report in order to enable PF to make a decision on the case. 

Additional comments

The names of the Maltese captains involved are: Serafino and Giovanni Vincenzo Piccinini, and Giuseppe and Franceso Guevara.

PF

APF Lettere 51, 17r

1666-02-13

Adressed to Jean Le Vacher

For the response of Jean Le Vacher to this letter, see: APF SOCG 254, 137r-138r (database item 396).

copy; unsigned

Italian

Letter

845

Origin: [Rome]

Destination: [Tunis]