Autograph letter signed : Burlington Street [London], to William Beckford, 1808 Aug. 1.

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Autograph letter signed : Burlington Street [London], to William Beckford, 1808 Aug. 1.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270517020

Hoping to induce him to be the patron of [Horace Twiss] a promising young orator, barrister, and scholar.

1 item (4 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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