Autograph letter signed from Sir Uvedale Price to Lady Margaret Beaumont, written from Foxley, Herefordshire and dated 13 July 1802
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CMV35284
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MA 1581.100, ‘Letter from Uvedale Price, Foxley, to Lady Margaret Beaumont, 1802 July 13 : autograph manuscript signed.’
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Autograph letter signed from Sir Uvedale Price to Lady Margaret Beaumont, written from Foxley, Herefordshire and dated 13 July 1802
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Autograph letter signed from Sir Uvedale Price to Lady Margaret Beaumont, written from Foxley, Herefordshire and dated 13 July 1802.
Detailed Summary:
Price comments on and mocks the postal system before recommending that Beaumont read Charles James Fox’s speech on the Duke of Bedford. He goes on to quote lines from Voltaire on Greek philosophy and poetry, before returning to Fox’s speech.
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4 pp.
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232 x 188 mm
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13 July 1802
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Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans in 1954.
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