Letter : to Hannah More, [1789?] Mar. 11.

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Letter : to Hannah More, [1789?] Mar. 11.

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ALS from Walpole to Hannah More, and signed "yrs most sincerely HWalpole" in which he begs for news of her health after hearing that she was unwell. He refers to the mobs celebrating in London, presumably alluding to the celebrations on the news of George III's recovery from insanity.

1 item ([2] p.) ; 19 cm., mounted to 21 cm.

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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