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Letter from the Earl of Lanark, place not specified, to Charles I, 1646? : manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
105818
Accession number
MA 23242
Creator
Hamilton, William Hamilton, Duke of, 1616-1651.
Display Date
Place not specified, 1646?
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 8.9 x 15.4 cm
Notes
Signed "Lanark." William Hamilton was created the Earl of Lanark in March 1639. He inherited the title of Duke of Hamilton in 1649.
From Royal House of Stuart, v. 3.
The letter is not dated, however, according to the Duke of Hamilton's biography in the DNB, Lanark supervised the distribution of gifts and honors to the Scottish political elite in 1646. It is possible this was the year of writing.
Summary
Concerning the King's gift to Archibald Tod, Provost of Edinburgh.