Autograph letter signed : Warley Clough, to George Edwards, 1757 Feb. 2.

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Autograph letter signed : Warley Clough, to George Edwards, 1757 Feb. 2.

Regretting that Edwards has no drawings for him, describing a bird he has seen, and asking about the coloring of Catesby's "History of Carolina."

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