Autograph letter signed with initials : Edinburgh, to [the Marchioness of Abercorn], [1808] Apr. 3.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : Edinburgh, to [the Marchioness of Abercorn], [1808] Apr. 3.

Sending a copy of his Life of Dryden; discussing a "pretty story" in the Morning Chronicle concerning the cancel of p. 10 of Marmion; reporting that the Princess of Wales sent him a silver cup and cover with a compliment upon Marmion; asking for her response to his Life of Dryden.

1 item (3 p.) ; 20.2 cm

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SNAC Resource ID: 8120220

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