Letter by Rabbi Shmuel Shemaya Papo (Grandson of the Remez) to the Chida - Ancona, 1777

Letter by Rabbi Shmuel Shemaya Papo (Grandson of the Remez) to the Chida - Ancona, 1777
Letter by R. Shmuel Shemaya, son of Avraham David Papo, to R. Chaim Yosef David Azulai - the Chida. Ancona, [1777].
The letter opens with titles of lofty praise and tribute (5 lines) to the Chida. Thereafter, the writer writes about his astonishment that he did not receive a letter from the Chida for a long time: "Why have I been forgotten… much time has elapsed and I have not merited receiving your pleasant letters...". Further, he writes of a dream in which the Chida appeared to him: "And twice or three times I have merited speaking to you in a dream and enjoyed your shining countenance…".
On the verso, in another handwriting, is a copy of a letter addressed to the "G-dly kabbalist R. Peretz HaLevi…", without a signature.
R. Shmuel Shemaya Papo, son of R. Avraham David Papo, Rabbi of Ragusa and Ancona. Father of R. Avraham David who was the son-in-law of the kabbalist R. Moshe Zacuto - the Remez. R. Shmuel Shemaya was a sage in Ancona and upon the arrival of the Chida during his travels, the two met and thereafter exchanged correspondence (see enclosed material). In his book Ma'agal Tov (p. 6), the Chida writes of his travels and of his meeting with R. Shmuel Shemaya: "…And we have arrived in Ancona… and several of the sages including the two great luminaries R. S. Papo and R. Y. Peretz…". In the copy of T'fateh Aruch by the Maharam Zacuto, which he received from R. Shmuel Shemaya Papo, the Chida writes: "Book… I received from the perfect tsaddik descendant of the author… Dayan R. Shmuel Shemaya son of R. Avraham son of R. Shmuel, son-in-law and disciple of the author… here in Ancona…" (see enclosed material).
[1] leaf, 26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and tears to margins.