Letters from two Dukes of Bedford, with other material relating to the Russell family. ca. 1565-1897.

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Russell family. Letters from two Dukes of Bedford, with other material relating to the Russell family.

Letters from two Dukes of Bedford, with other material relating to the Russell family. ca. 1565-1897.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54873476

Comprises 2 autograph letters from the 6th and the 9th Dukes respectively, dated 23 March 1812 and 2 July 1870 (with transcripts), 5 stamped-addressed and dated envelopes, 4 fragments of documents bearing family signatures, the oldest of which is that of F[rancis] Bedford, that is Francis Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford (1527?-1585), dated 'Berwick 1 Oct[ober] 1565', together with 16 miscellaneous press-cuttings extracted from various newspapers at widely-different times concerning many members of the Russell family, including a number of engraved portraits of them.

2 letters (3 ff. with 2 conjoined), 5 mounted envelopes, 4 documents with signatures, and 16 press-cuttings, all held in 2 envelopes, manuscript and printed material.

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds