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Letter from Charles Burney Jr. to William Davies, 1 December 1800

Autograph letter from Charles Burney Jr. written at Greenwich, 1 December 1800, to William Davies, Bookseller, Strand. Also postmarked 1 December 1800. Consists of one folded sheet with one page of letter, one page address and one page of postscript (one page blank). Written on black-edged laid paper. The letter requests a receipt for Fanny Burney's account ("The Bill against Mrs. D'Arblay"). In a postscript, Burney requests that Davies send him 100 copies of Gay's Fables.

Burney, Charles, 1757-1817

Letter from Charles Burney Jr. to W.F. Rose, 30 November 1813

Holograph letter from Charles Burney Jr. addressed to W.F. Rose Esq. Navy Pay Office, London. Postmarked on final leaf with ink stamp: NO 30 1813. At end of letter: Rectory House, Deptford No. 30th 1813. Written in a sloping hand in brown ink and with a small repair to upper outer corner of final leaf of letter. The letter discusses some Greek newspapers sent along in a packet to Rose, Burney's latest struggles with gout, as well as potential future visitors to the Rectory. Letter is accompanied by a printed pamphlet.

Burney, Charles, 1757-1817

Letter attributed to Susanna Burney, 1770

Manuscript letter attributed to Susanna Burney. The letter comprises four unnumbered pages on one long sheet, folded vertically. The letter is not addressed to a particular recipient but instead begins: "Appendix to follow, April 19 1767. - Written this Year of our Lord 1770." Inscription "No. 4" is found on upper left corner and "21 [p?]" on upper right corner. Letter is written in brown ink on laid paper.

The letter describes her acquaintances in France from April 1767, including descriptions which she mentions as having been omitted from her journal for the year 1767.

Burney, Susanna, 1755-1800

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