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Letter signed James Burney to unknown recipient, 21 December 1816
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CA RBD MS Burney-0056
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21 December 1816 (Creation)
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1 page ; cm
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Manuscript letter signed by James Burney (Fanny Burney's brother) to an unknown recipient. Address leaf is wanting. The letter is dated 21 December 1816 and concerns a citation by Maldonado from the introduction of Relacion del Viage (1792), about the Dutch and Mexicans (pg. xlix-lii).
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.
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Purchased from James Cummins, Bookseller, May 2014. Purchased in lot with items 0052, 0053, 0054, and 0055.
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