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1 letter from Jolly B. Florian, 21 Jan. 1806; 1 letter from Thos. North---?, 25 Jan. 1787; 1 letter from Mark Noble, 21 May 1799.

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1 letter from Claudius Buchanan, 6 Dec. 1811; 1 letter from Alexandre-Stanislas, Baron de Wimpffen, 23 May 1797; 1 letter from Charles Bathurst, 23 Feb. 1797; 1 letter from James Laird, 16 Sept. 1835.

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Letter from Josiah Tucker, Dean of Gloucester to "Doddersley" [sic]. Small hole in the center of letter, with some loss of text.

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3 letters from the Duke of Northumberland to W. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place, ca. 1800; 1 portrait engraving of the Duke, 1808.

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1 letter in French from M. Lostau, 10 July 1749; 1 letter in French from M. Palomba, 23 July 1777; from M. Montpellier, 27 March 1765; 1 letter in French from Th. Tyrrell, 25 Jan. 1766; 1 letter in French from M. Bourdillon, 9 Feb. 1749; 1 letter in English from Mr. Demorande, ca. 1770s. Several letters are docketed by Nourse or someone in his office.

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1 letter from the Chevalier de Barde, undated; 1 letter from Bianchi (?), 4 March 1814; 1 letter from Thomas Planquais, 4 July 1808; 1 letter from John Emmanuel Mordente, 14 March 1806.

Scope and Content From the Collection: Letters related to publishing and bookselling from the collection of legendary collector Sir Thomas Phillipps. The 34 items in this collection date from approximately 1749 to 1835, and contain letters from a wide variety of booksellers, printers, authors, readers, clergymen, foreign dignitaries and antiquaries. Many letters concern ordering books from printers and booksellers, while other letters concern payments due to authors and discussions of books. Some letters bear Phillipps'...

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2 letters from Eleanor Fenn to Richard M. Bacon, bookseller in Norwich, 18--?; 1 letter from a Mr. Johnson to Lady Fenn, 6 Dec. 1792; 1 letter from John Hobart, Earl of Buckingham to Sir John Fenn, 10 Oct. 1791 with annotations by Sir Fenn.

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1 letter from General-Brigadier Hansson to John Boydell, 29 May 1801; 2 letters from A. Bourke Lambert to Hurst, Robinson & Co., August 1821; 1 letter to J.O. Robinson from James Lambert, undated.

Scope and Content From the Collection: Letters related to publishing and bookselling from the collection of legendary collector Sir Thomas Phillipps. The 34 items in this collection date from approximately 1749 to 1835, and contain letters from a wide variety of booksellers, printers, authors, readers, clergymen, foreign dignitaries and antiquaries. Many letters concern ordering books from printers and booksellers, while other letters concern payments due to authors and discussions of books. Some letters bear Phillipps'...