Autograph letter signed from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, Goodrich Court, to Mariotti [manuscript], 1844 March 18

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Autograph letter signed from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, Goodrich Court, to Mariotti [manuscript], 1844 March 18

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Discusses plans to travel to London in order for Mariotti "...to introduce me to the British and Foreign Institute of which you are a member as well as myself." Also mentions "Books of poems" which he planned to buy from Mariotti. Recipient presumably Luigi Mariotti (pseudonym of Antonio Carlo Napoleone Gallenga).

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Gallenga, Antonio Carlo Napoleone, 1810-1895

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Meyrick, Samuel Rush, 1783-1848

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Antiquarian Samuel Meyrick was born into a wealthy family, graduated from Oxford, and worked as an advocate. He had an abiding interest in history, and published numerous articles on the subject, as well as writing several books and editing several others. He collected armor, eventually building a famous collection, and designed a mansion with special rooms to display his collection. An acknowledged expert on armor, he served as a national advisor, setting up the armor collections for the Tower ...