Anecdotes of my own time - private, 1800 Mar 31 - 1811 Dec 9.

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Anecdotes of my own time - private, 1800 Mar 31 - 1811 Dec 9.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702175041

Manuscript, in a single hand, of diary of anecdotes of the British nobility either witnessed by himself or related to him by "the highest and most reliable of authorities." Topics include the present [ca.1800] health and potential succession of those in the Bourbon and British royal families and the Treaty of London between England and France in 1801.

1 v. (62 p., with blanks) ; 24 x 19 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8024445

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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