Autograph Note Signed to unnamed male correspondent.
Author:
George William Frederick Howard, Seventh Earl of Carlisle [AS VISCOUNT MORPETH]
Publication details:
25 April [no year, but prior to 1833]; London.
£56.00
SKU: 4385
English aristocrat and liberal politician (1802-64). One page, 12mo. Good, but lightly creased, with traces of previous blue-paper mount adhering to verso of blank second leaf of bifoliate. Read 'Sir, | I shall have much pleasure in presenting the Petition for the Abolition of Slavery from Gomersal which has been kindly placed in my hands. | I have the honor to be, | Sir, | Your very obedt Servt | [signed] Morpeth.' The Abolition of Slavery Act was passed in 1833.