Autograph letter signed : Whitehall, to Charles Viscount Townshend, 1723 Aug. 30.

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Autograph letter signed : Whitehall, to Charles Viscount Townshend, 1723 Aug. 30.

Concerning certain talk and rumors designed "to keep divisions here among the King's friends & servants."

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