Letter, 1800 Jan. 26, Broadlands, to Thomas Garnett, London.

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Letter, 1800 Jan. 26, Broadlands, to Thomas Garnett, London.

Mentions Thomas Webster's sketches, his imminent return to London, and Garnett's course of lectures at the Royal Institution.

[2] p. on fold. leaf. 23 cm.

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