Autograph letter signed : Twickenham, to the Earl of Orrery, [1742] Aug. 27.

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Autograph letter signed : Twickenham, to the Earl of Orrery, [1742] Aug. 27.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/700294689

Regarding decorative urns [for his garden] and some [architectural?] drawings by Lord Burlington; commenting on the rumor that King George II would "go abroad, & reconcile when He Commands in chief, the Pretension of Two Generals [the Earl of Stair and the Duke of Aremberg]"; briefly mentioning the Duke of Argyle and Lords Chesterfield, Gower, and Privyseal.

1 item (2 p., with address), bound ; 20.4 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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