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Seals (Numismatics)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 189 Collections and/or Records:

Ranuccio I Farnese letter to Paolo Camillo Sfondrati, 1595 September 12

 Item — Folder 1.7: [Barcode: 31197235217681]
Identifier: Vault MSS 520 Item 7

Sfondrati family letters

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294914]
Identifier: Vault MSS 771
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten letters on paper, many of which are partially or entirely in code. The letters are written to Pope Gregory XIV and his brother, Paolo Sfondrati, and relate to the family's political and Catholic Church relationships in Italy and Spain.

Dates: 1583

Paolo Sfondrati correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 518
Scope and Contents

Contains letters written and received by Sfondrati during his service as ambassador to the Duke of Savoy. Among his correspondents were Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia, governor of Milan, and François de Vergy, governor of Burgundy. Materials focus on relationship between Spanish holdings and Savoy, and date from between 1581 and 1584.

Dates: 1581-1584

Paolo Sfondrati correspondence

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 521
Scope and Contents

Contains letters addressed to Paolo Sfondrati. The missives are largely concerned with personal and Church matters, including the Council of Trent.

Dates: 1561-1562; approximately 1600-1640

State of Pennsylvania, Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth card, seals and envelope to Thomas L. Kane, date of production not identified

 Item — Box 13: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197232550753], Folder: 9
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 2 Sub-Series 6 Item 6
Scope and Contents

2 seals, 1 from the State of Pennsylvania and 1 from the Secretary’s Office of PA; also a card with a picture that says “Virtue, Liberty, and Independence,” all in an envelope from the State of Pennsylvania, Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, to Thomas, postmarked from Harrisburg. Date of production not identified.

Dates: Majority of material found within date of production not identified

Three wax seals of Grandfather Gray to G.G. Leiper, date of production not identified

 Item — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232550621], Folder: 5
Identifier: Vault MSS 792 Series 1 Sub-Series 2 Item 14
Scope and Contents

The following is written on the item: “3 sides of the old iron seal left by Grandfather Gray to G.G. Leiper,” written in Thomas L. Kane’s handwritting, has three wax seals on the page. Date of production not identified.

Dates: date of production not identified

Valeriano Sfondrati deposition regarding the inheritance of Isabella di Capua

 Digital Record
Identifier: VMSS520_F1_I11
Dates: 1624 July 31

Valeriano Sfondrati deposition regarding the inheritance of Isabella di Capua, 1624 July 31

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233290664]
Identifier: Vault MSS 520 Item 11

Vincenzo Luchi (di Luca) letter to Paolo Sfondrati, 1562 March 2

 Item — Folder 2: [Barcode: 31197233290755]
Identifier: Vault MSS 521 Item 11