Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Sopwith, 1841 Jan. 27.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to Thomas Sopwith, 1841 Jan. 27.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270847056

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Pierpont Morgan Library.

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