Autograph letter signed to John D. Blake, dealing with financial matters

by Isaac Smith

A$21,000 · Offered by Hordern House

Clapham, London: 1 December 1823. Quarto, manuscript in ink on paper, one hand-written page on a 4 pp. folded leaf, the 4th page an address panel with postmarks, other 2 pp blank; a postscript added on a slip of paper; one margin torn from opening under seal, black wax seal intact; tipped into a quarter morocco binding. The first man to step ashore from the Endeavour at Botany Bay

• Binding: Leather

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