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On piece of 9 x 14.5 cm card. In fair condition: aged, lightly-stained and with traces of mount adhering to reverse. Reads: 'To | Lord Jeffrey | With Kind regards from | Thos: Hood'.
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See his entry, and Craig's, in the Oxford DNB. 13 x 9 cm envelope, with seal (no impression of any kind) in red wax over the broken flap. In good condition, lightly aged. On the front of the envelope, in Jeffrey's hand, 'To / James Gibson Craig Esqre / 7. North St Andrew Street'. Beneath this, at bottom left and between the customary lines is the signature 'F. Jeffrey'.
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See his entry in the Oxford DNB, with that of the recipient Lady [Maria] Theresa Lewis (1803-1865), who lived in Kent House in Knightsbridge with her second husband Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart, her first husband having been the novelist Thomas Henry Lister (1800-1842). 32mo, 2pp. On the two sides of a piece of gilt-edged paper. In good condition, folded once for postage. Signed 'F Jeffrey'. A difficult hand. Begins: 'My very Dear Lady Theresa / We must set out at the very lateston Monday the 6th May - But I have no Engagement after the 2d and shall be delighted to come longer on any of the subsequent days -'. He thanks her 'for being quite well again', adding 'Dear Charly [i.e. [his second wife Charlotte Wilkes of New York, great-niece of the English radical John Wilkes] is not entirely [settled?] this morning - a restless night'. With regard to a fever, 'Dr F. says nothing at all serious'. He ends: 'She is [?] patient'.
Verlag: 18 Berkeley Square London; 21 February, 1834
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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7pp., 12mo. On two bifoliums. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Written in a difficult, hurried hand. Jeffrey begins his letter: 'It grieves me to annoy you, in your retreat - especially with dull Scotch matters But they tell me at the Treasury that you are still the person to settle such things as this'. The first part of the letter apparently concerns the Edinburgh solicitors Robertson and Sands, who are to lose salaries of £80 each from the crown. Jeffrey is enclosing a petition (not present) for a 'man [who] has been 4 months in prison'. He reports that he 'came up sick - but am now pretty well again'. He discusses general matters, including 'Littleton's Irish tythe scheme', giving the reasons why he believes it will be 'a failure': 'The plan of letting the landlord have an allowance, which the occupying tenant is not to share, I think will never do - at least in the way of pacification - and is in itself unjust - If the mere land tax were once redeemed - & existing leases at an end - all would be well enough - the land being then all let tythe free with some grant, of course - It is the transition state which perplexes us'. The letter continues with references to 'Mr. Grahame' and 'Taylor'.