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Title

Galletti family papers

Authors

• Galletti family
• Galletti, Vittoria Nicoletta

Other related names

• Ferdinand VII, King of Spain, 1784-1833, recipient
• Francesco I, King of the Two Sicilies, 1777-1830, recipient

Call number

Ms. Coll. 788 Folders 85-105
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9948580693503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681974315
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4858069

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Italian and Latin

Summary

Collection of documents concerning the affairs of the Galletti family of Comiso and San Cataldo, Sicily. Most of the items are legal, notarial, and financial documents pertaining to the wills of Baldassarre Galletti and Marianna Galletti, whose large estate and extensive property (which included houses, mines, jewelry, and works of art, but also conspicuous debts) were divided among many heirs. A small amount of private correspondence, including letters written by Vittoria Nicoletta Galletti, prioress of the monastery of Santa Maria della Pietà, and petitions to the Spanish kings, is also present. The Galletti were related to other Sicilian and Spanish families throughout numerous ties, especially marriage and political alliances, and through them acquired multiple titles and privileges. Moreover, they often participated in tax collection on behalf of the Spanish crown, which was the main source of income for the Sicilian aristocracy. Various stamps, perhaps indicating the payment of the customary governmental stamp tax to issue official documents, appear on numerous items; they are the same as or similar to stamps on other documents in the Villafiorita Ducal Records.

Extent

2 boxes (21 folders)

Subjects topical

• Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pietà (Palermo, Italy)
• Privileges and immunities--Italy--Sicily
• Inheritance and succession--Italy
• Taxation--Italy--Sicily
• Sulfur mines and mining--Italy
• Mining leases--Italy
• Tax collection--Italy--Sicily

Genres

• Wills
• Inventories
• Legal documents
• Accounts
• Credit records
• Notarial documents
• Manuscripts, Italian--18th century
• Manuscripts, Italian--19th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--18th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--19th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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