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Autograph letter signed : Bath, to Messrs. Baker & Son, 1827 January 10.

BIB_ID
189607
Accession number
MA 9384
Creator
Cockburn, William, Sir, 1769-1835.
Display Date
1827 January 10.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 25.2 x 20.1 cm
Notes
Address panel with postmarks: "Messrs Baker & Son / Great Bedford Street / Covent Garden / London."
Docketed.
Removed from an extra-illustrated copy of Alexis Brialmont, History of the life of Arthur, duke of Wellington (London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1858-1860); PML 7901-7916; volume VIII, page 220.
Summary
Explaining that he will be attending the funeral of Prince Frederick, the Duke of York; asking Baker to make inquiries and let him know "by return of post if possible, what dress the General Officers are to wear on that occasion"; asking specifically about the kind and color of boots and pantaloons he ought to wear.