Autograph letter signed from Jane Powell to Richard Peake, London [manuscript], 1801 December 16.

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Autograph letter signed from Jane Powell to Richard Peake, London [manuscript], 1801 December 16.

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Letter concerns outstanding payments: "I think it my duty to fulfill my engagements with the proprietors strictly and in return I expect regularity from them." Includes integral address leaf addressed to Mr. Peake at 79 Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, Oxford Road.

2 leaves ; 23 x 18 cm.

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