Autograph letters signed from Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne, Bowood, [Wiltshire] and Berkley Square, London, to [Frances Anne] Kemble [manuscript], [1837]- ca. 1855.

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Autograph letters signed from Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne, Bowood, [Wiltshire] and Berkley Square, London, to [Frances Anne] Kemble [manuscript], [1837]- ca. 1855.

The letter on p. 7 invites her to hear the first speech their young queen delivers from the throne.

7 letters.

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Folger Shakespeare Library

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