Autograph letter signed : to the Right Honourable Lord Sheffield, 1794 Apr. 8.

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Autograph letter signed : to the Right Honourable Lord Sheffield, 1794 Apr. 8.

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Describing the contents and state of Edward Gibbon's apartment after his death, mentioning "a few manuscripts, several books writen [sic] by him who [sic] appear to be extracts of history he wrote in his youth," several unfinished manuscripts, "The Antiquities of the house of Brunswick [published by Sheffield in 1814] & a history of Mr. Gibbons own life" [published by Sheffield in 1796 as Memoirs of My Life and Writings], a library with a partial catalog, and a portrait of Sheffield; and regretting Gibbon's death: "Poor Mr. Gibbon, he might have lived fifteen years longer & made us all happy, when I wake in the morning, I still think him alive."

1 item (4 p.) ; 22.5 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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