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Autograph Letter Signed to Stratford Canning.

Author: 
Joseph Wolff (1795-1862), known as 'the Eccentric Missionary' [Stratford Canning (1786-1880), 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe]
Publication details: 
18 February 1858; Ile-Brewers [Isle Brewers], Taunton, Somerset.
£56.00

12mo, 1 p. On bifolium. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Stub from mount adhering to second leaf, which is docketed by Stratford Canning. In the letter Wolff thanks him for his 'very generous contribution', which has 'safely reached' him. He sends 'many respects to the Lady Stratford & Miss Canning'.

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Autograph Letter Signed ('Jacob Wolff') to his solicitor Richard Combes, transcribing a letter to him from his brother-in-law Charles Weston.

Author: 
Sir Jacob Wolff (c.1739-1809), Bart, of Chumleigh in Devon, and Baron of the Holy Roman Empire [Richard Combes; Charles Weston; Rt Hon. Edward Weston (1703-1770) of Somerby Hall, Lincolnshire]
Publication details: 
Down's 9th Octr. 1778.'
£56.00

4to bifolium: 4 pages. Closely written. Very good, on aged paper. Address on the reverse of the second leaf, which carries two postmarks and a strong impression of his red wax seal. Wolff's letter to Combes covers the whole of the recto of the second leaf. His father-in-law Edward Weston having died eight years before, he desires 'the Business touching Mr Westons Legacy to my Children to be finally concluded on'.

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