Autograph letter signed : Chamounix (Switzerland), to Thomas Love Peacock, 1816 July 22-1816 Aug. 2.

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Autograph letter signed : Chamounix (Switzerland), to Thomas Love Peacock, 1816 July 22-1816 Aug. 2.

Concerning his stay there with Mary Godwin and Claire Clairmond, and describing the surrounding scenery.

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Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866

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