Autograph letter signed : Bushy House, to "Madam", 1827 Feb. 18.

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Autograph letter signed : Bushy House, to "Madam", 1827 Feb. 18.

Written as Duke of Clarence, in mourning for his elder brother, Frederick, duke of York.

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