Autograph letter signed : Bretby, to "My Lord", 1687 Dec. 17.

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Autograph letter signed : Bretby, to "My Lord", 1687 Dec. 17.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270888468

Thanking him for taking notice of his sons, whom he describes as "poor school boys."

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

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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