Letters signed from Henry Saint John Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount, 1713-1714.

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Letters signed from Henry Saint John Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount, 1713-1714.

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This collection contains letters regarding Bolingbroke. The first letter is signed, with the last four lines and signature in Bolingbroke's hand, to the Vice Chamberlain, Thomas Coke, 2 pages 4to, Whitehall, January 28, 1713/14. The letter is urgently enquiring whether a place had been found, suitable for the meeting of the Queen's Commissioners for Trade with their French counterpart. The second item is a remarkable letter signed to Henry Worsley, part of the name has been cropped at the foot of the page, of Whitehall, dated August 3, 1714. In this letter, which must number among his last political acts, Bolingbroke announces the death of Queen Anne and draws Worsley's attention to the proclamation of George I.

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