Letter : to [Horace Walpole], Monday [177-?].

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Letter : to [Horace Walpole], Monday [177-?].

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An amusing note from the Duchess of Queensberry informing Horace Walpole that she will dine with him at Strawberry Hill "if she is alive."

1 item ([1] p.) ; 17 x 21 cm.

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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