Autograph letter signed : Hinchingbrook, to Dr. Charles Burney, 1774 Aug. 21.

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Autograph letter signed : Hinchingbrook, to Dr. Charles Burney, 1774 Aug. 21.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270633802

Inviting him to visit him and to meet Lord Oxford and the "Otaheita man."

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

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7197541

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