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Autograph clipped from a letter. A piece of paper is glued to the item. It states, "Peter Borthwick Esqre. of Claverton Park, in Somersetshire was defeated in 1832, by Sir Charles Cockerell and Thomas Hudson Esq. but returned in 1835, without a contest. The hon. gentleman, who was born in Midlothian (?), in 1804, is hostile to the Whig ministry, and had distinguished himself by his advocacy of a gradual Slave Emancipation."

Scope and Contents Three handwritten and signed letters addressed to Barton Orville Aylesworth (1860-1933), an American author, poet, and professor at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Also included is a published biography and a folder with "John J. A'Becket" written on it. Handwritten and signed letter, dated October 25, 1894, and composed at "The Jansen, 11 Waverly Place, N. Y. City." A'Becket informs Aylesworth that his "communication" had been received and writes that he would be pleased to give any...

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Typewritten and signed letter, dated 7 April 1906, composed on "2, the Abbey Garden, Westminster" stationary, and addressed to "Dear Mrs. Bousfield." Arnold-Forster thanks Bousfield for a recent letter but states, "I am afraid I cannot possibly undertake any more subscriptions at present. I have far more calls upon me than I can meet."

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Handwritten and signed letter, addressed to Barton O. Aylesworth, dated 10 Nov. 1901, and composed in Pequaket, New Hampshire. Albee presents a brief autobiography and gives a list of his published works.

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Etching portrait of Brougham and a mechanically reproduced autograph by him. The date of the item is unknown.