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AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION -- 18th CENTURY. A collection of autograph letters and manuscripts, chiefly of political figures, including Honoré Gabriel, Comte de MIRABEAU (autograph letter signed, 1787), Robert WALPOLE, 1st Earl of Orford (n.y. 'it was not in my power to obey yr com[m]ands in regard to ye Lobsters', and with political news, yellowed and worn), Frederick, Lord NORTH [2nd Earl of Guilford] (1781), Lord George Gordon (1788), Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle (2), Edward, 1st Baron Thurlow (2), George, Baron Lansdowne (from the tower, 1715/16, 'so much more Courage is requisite to live Shamefully then to Dy honourably'), William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester, and approximately 20 other items.
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