BIB_ID
362181
Accession number
MA 7360.16
Creator
Doyle, Francis Hastings, Sir, 1810-1888.
Display Date
[186?] Oct. 5.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of autograph letters written to Sir Stafford Northcote in the 1860s from British politicians, foreign ministers and other notables of the period. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The signature of this letter is not entirely clear, however a penciled notation in the upper left corner of the first page of the letter attributes authorship to "Sir F. Doyle / Prof. of Poetry / Oxf."
The signature of this letter is not entirely clear, however a penciled notation in the upper left corner of the first page of the letter attributes authorship to "Sir F. Doyle / Prof. of Poetry / Oxf."
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Declining an invitation to Dropmore as he has been detained in Yorkshire; in response to his inquiry, providing information on the Sheffield family and the first Sheffield Duke of Buckingham.
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