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Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to [J. W. Croker], Wednesday morning [1828 June 17, i.e. 18].

BIB_ID
300504
Accession number
MA 1063.79
Creator
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830.
Display Date
Wednesday morning [1828 June 17, i.e. 18].
Credit line
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1928.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 18.1 cm
Notes
Dating from penciled notation on p. 1. This note indicates the letter was written on the 17th, but in 1828 June 17 fell on a Tuesday.
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Thomas Lawrence to the Irish politician and writer J. W. Croker. Letters have been described individually; see collection-level record for MA 1063 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co in 1928; gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr. in 1928.
Summary
Regretfully declining His Royal Highness's request for a sitting, citing appointments with many other people.