16,221. Letters empowering Sir R. K. Porter, Chargé d'Affaires in Venezuela, to treat for the abolition of slavery; 1836,1837. Signed by William IV. and Queen Victoria; with great seals of William IV.Sir Robert Ker Porter, painter and traveller: Lett... Unspecified

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16,221. Letters empowering Sir R. K. Porter, Chargé d'Affaires in Venezuela, to treat for the abolition of slavery; 1836,1837. Signed by William IV. and Queen Victoria; with great seals of William IV.Sir Robert Ker Porter, painter and traveller: Lett... Unspecified

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