Statement of claim : manuscript, 1813 Feb. 7.

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Statement of claim : manuscript, 1813 Feb. 7.

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Statement claiming expenses paid by Lady Hamilton in the course of her diplomatic relations in Europe, chiefly with the Neapolitan royal family, from 1791 to ca. 1805, in an endeavor to obtain from the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs (the Foreign Office) a grant compensating her estimation of £20,000. The statement gives some account of events concerning her husband, Sir William Hamilton, and Horatio Nelson.

12 leaves in one quire : 15 cm.

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