Autograph letter

by Edward Smedley

$175 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

4 pages. 1 vols. 4to. To a family member. Folded, some short marginal tears, else very good. Item #30199 The misadventures of Edward Smedley, as Clerk in Orders of St. James Parish. Late in the afternoon he was sent for to register the marriage of the Duke of Cumberland at Carleton House. He rushed to properly attire himself for such an occasion, bepowdered himself and then found that the Parish Clerk who had the keys to the Register was missing

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