Autograph Letter in the third person.

12mo: 2 pp. Small embossed gilded crest in top left-hand corner of first page. On lightly discoloured paper, with several folds for postage and crease to one corner. Small square cut away from blank second leaf of bifolium, which also carries traces of previous mounting. A formal letter written in the third person. 'The Queen wishes the Members of the New Council for the Duchy of Lancaster to be sworn in at Buckingham Palace on Saturday the 13th. at 3 o'clock. - Lord Campbell [John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell (1779-1861), author of 'The Lives of the Lord Chancellors'] will be so good as to take the necessary steps for carrying this into effect. -' Campbell had become Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whichj was the Queen's main source of income.