Autograph letter signed : Petersfield, to Lord Sheffield, 1789 May 24.

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Autograph letter signed : Petersfield, to Lord Sheffield, 1789 May 24.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270902423

Offering financial advice to Edward Gibbon.

1 item (2 p.) ; 23.5 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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