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Autograph letter signed : Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, to Henry Barker, 1790 September 2.

BIB_ID
128643
Accession number
MA 8897
Creator
Barrington, William Wildman Barrington, Viscount, 1717-1793.
Display Date
1790 September 2.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 23.9 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Written from "Beckett", which probably refers to Beckett Hall, the family seat of the Barringtons.
Address panel, with postmarks and the following address: "Henry Barker Esqr/ No. 1 Coney Court/ Grays Inn/ London".
From American Stamp Act Collection.
Summary
Pleading with him to submit his accounts (specifically, "what Sums you have advanced since Mr. [William] Freke's death to his Sisters or their representatives") so that Freke's estate can be settled; mentioning the engagement of Miss [Mary] Freke to Mr. [Edward] Lewis, "a young Welsh Clergyman of good character & family".