Felbrigg

Autograph letter signed to an unnamed correspondent,

Author: 
William Windham of Felbrigg
Publication details: 
13 November 1805, Beconsfield.
£150.00

Politician (1750-1810), a favoured friend of Samuel Johnson in his last years, and a pall bearer at his funeral. 3 pp, 8vo. He apologises for misapprehending his correspondent's letter. "One circumstance which helped to mislead me was of a sort which it is not for me to reproach you with, though it may serve as my excuse. I mean the extreme kindness & delicacy which could think it necessary to consult me before Mr Lukin took the step of submitting a proposal for a tax to the Treasury.

Syndicate content