Collection of documents pertaining to the affairs of the Bandinelli family (in particular Stanislao, Niccolao, Ciro, and Antonio Alessandro) of Florence, covering the years 1685-1696 and 1724-1765. Most of the documents are contemporary or later copies, with a few originals, and some also contain wax seals. The majority of documents (Folders 1-4) are letters written by Antonio Alessandro and Stanislao Bandinelli (also referred to as Prodco), who spent time in Poland for business, to Giulio and Francesco Masetti, who were in charge of running some of their operations in Florence. There are also letters from the baron Pierre Riaucour, who also lived in Poland; and Giuseppe Frescobaldi, a Florentine banker. Folder 5 contains miscellaneous copies of correspondence, probably addressed to the Bandinelli family, but without the name of either the writer or the receiver. Folder 6 contains two copies of the will of Francesco Bandinelli, one in Latin and one in Italian. Folder 7 contains a receipt for a large quantities of currency given to the Bandinelli in Poland, subsequently exchanged in other currencies, indicating their speculation activities betting on exchange rates on international markets. Incomplete and miscellaneous documents are in Folder 8. Folders 9 and 10 contain 2 small volumes written in Italian and Latin. The first volume is a letter book that contains copies of letters and memoranda concerning the affairs of Alessandro Bandinelli for the years 1737-1765. The letters are both to and from many of the aformentioned individuals, and they mostly deal with the business activities of the Bandinelli in Florence and Poland. The second book contains inventories of the household effects belonging to Ciro Bandinelli that were found at his death in the Al Cantone farm, that were to be given from Giovanbattista Benedetti (probably the executor of the will) to Caterina Bandinelli. A detailed inventory is written for each room of the property, and it includes kitchen, garden and farm equipment and instruments, as well as personal accessories and ornaments. The entries were almost entirely written in 1685, with additions dated 1696 in a different hand and ink. Short memoranda, contained at the end of the volume, describe the derelict state in which the property was found around 1685, and some of the measures implemented for its improvement and to save the surviving vegetation.
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