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(The subscription is, ‘Embellished, under the direction of C. Cooke. Novr. 15th. 1794. Designed by C. Cooke, Drawn by R. Corbould, and Engraved by C. Warren.’)

Richmond.—Looks forward to seeing him for dinner on Sunday.

(Dated Friday, 6 June. Numbered 42.)

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Richmond frid[a]y 6 June

You are a good Lord to think of the amusement of the two old Women at Richmond—They gratefully receive you proferred visit on Sunday—They dine at seven Oclock—And I sincerely hope my poor Agnes will be better able to profit by your tales of the Ball than she has been lately

Yrs sincerely
M Berry

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Docketed ‘Miss Berry’. Numbered ‘42’ in the top left-hand corner in pencil.

Richmond.—Invites him to dinner.

(Dated Thursday, 20 May. Numbered 44.)

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I am like the Ministry, I will not resign the pleasure of your company & beg you will come & dine with us on Monday next at ½ past 6—Mr Craufurd will give you this & settle with you about coming together—

M Berry

Richmond
thursy 20 May

[Superscription:] R: M: Milne† Esqr MP. | Pallmall

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Numbered ‘44’ in the top left-hand corner in pencil.

† Sic.

Curzon Street, (London).—Invites him to call this evening.

(Dated Saturday, 22 Mar. Numbered 45.)

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If you have any Moments to spare do come & see y[ou]r old sick friends this Evening, & tell us what place you are going to fill in any of the new Governments that you may think fit to give us

Y[ou]rs very sincerely
A Berry

Curzon St
Saturday 22 March

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Numbered ‘45’ in the top left-hand corner in pencil.

(Dated ‘aprul [th]e 31 1778’.)

(Text only, engraved by John Girtin. Undated.)

Richard Mynsterley, one of the messengers of the Queen’s Chamber, asks for an allowance of £5 16d. for riding at the command of the Lord High Treasurer (the Marquess of Winchester) from the Treasurer’s place at London to Bedford and Buckingham to deliver ten letters to the lords and collectors there, and from thence to Warwickshire to deliver seven letters to the lords and collectors there, and from thence to Nottingham and Derby to deliver four letters to the lords and collectors there, and from thence to Staffordshire to deliver four letters to the lords and collectors there and a packet to the sheriff of that place, and from thence to Shropshire to deliver three letters to the collector there. Mynsterley asks for an allowance for his charges and pains to be rated by the Treasurer at 2s. 8d. a day and paid by one of the tellers of the Receipt at Westminster. ‘I was xxxviij dayes out in thys Jorney.’

(Marked ‘fiat All[ocatum]’, and signed by the Marquess of Winchester.)

Curzon Street, (London).—Invites him to dinner.

(Dated Tuesday, 23 Apr. Numbered 43.)

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Every Evening I have been hoping to see you & every day to thank you for your magnificence in the character of Vertumnus—But in vain. As I am about to depart from this life—of London, I begin to be anxious to make a good use of my time, let me hope therefore, that you can give us the pleasure of your Company at dinner on Saturday next the 29th—that, & Sunday, are now the only Evengs I can call my own

M Berry

Curzon St
tuesy 23 | April

[Superscription:] R. M: Milnes Esqr M.P. | Pallmall 26

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Numbered ‘43’ in the top left-hand corner in pencil.

Copy by Henry Thurstan Holland, signed and dated.

(Undated. Headed: ‘Air du Chant du Départ.’ First line: ‘Les traités sont rompus: l’insulaire perfide’. Subscribed: ‘Crouzet, Proviseur du Prytanée français.’)

The sketch is captioned ‘Before the fire at Wasdale’.

A series of free frank covers, 1834-1840, largely to members of the Howard Gibbon family. Most bear the signature of the 12th Duke of Norfolk, his son the Earl of Surrey [later 13th Duke], and grandson Lord Fitzalan [later 14th Duke], though there are also signatures of Thomas Greene and Abel Rous Dottin. Matthew Charles Howard Gibbon, Edward Howard Gibbon, and Mary Eliza Howard Burt, née Gibbon, were the illegitimate children of Charles, 11th Duke of Norfolk, recognised and assisted by the ducal family.

As well as the free frank covers, there is also an envelope addressed to Rev. Edward Howard Gibbon, [1850s?], with the signature 'Beauchamp' on the bottom left, a part letter from Sir Robert Buxton of Shadwell Court, Thetford, presenting compliments to 'Mr Gibbon', 22 Jan. [no year], and the end of a letter from John Thomas Pelham, Bishop of Norwich, to E. H. Gibbon [1857 or later].

Signed by John [?] Damer, possibly Eames.

‘Μὴ φρονεῖν παρ’ ὅ δεῖ φρονεῖν, | Αλλὰ φρονεῖν εἰς τὸ σωφρονεῖν.’ (Romans, xii. 3.) Dated at Wittenberg. Numbered 159.

Curzon Street, (London).—Invites him to dinner.

(Dated Monday. Numbered 36.)

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Curzon St. Monday.

Can you, & will you come & eat a Côtelette with us at the fireside on thursday next the 11th. at real seven Oclock?

M Berry

R.S.V.P.

[Superscription:] R. M. Milnes Esqre MP | 26 Pallmall

Richmond.—Invites him to dinner.

(Black-edged paper. Dated Tuesday evening, 18 May. Numbered 38.)

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Richmond tues[da]y Eve[nin]g
18 May

Pray come & dine with us on thursday next at ½ past six & I will treat you with two very agreeable Women to dinner.

I am anxious to get another look of you before you are absorbed by office

M Berry

R.S.V.P.

Curzon Street, (London).—Invites him to dinner.

(Numbered 40.)

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As we are very soon going a Maying, I should like to hear a little romance (which I can no longer make for myself) before I go—So pray come & dine with us on Wednesday next at real seven Oclock—

M Berry

Curzon St
11 April

R.S.V.P.

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Numbered ‘40’ in the top left-hand corner in pencil.

Richmond Hill.—Invites him to dinner.

(Dated Wednesday, 7 June. Numbered 37.)

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Richmond hill Wed[nesda]y 7th June

If, as your note of the 8th tells me, that tho going to Yorkshire you shall be always on the road to Richmond, pray contrive to arrive there on tuesday next the 13th to dinner at seven Oclock, when I will shew you something more beautiful than our prospect

Much and sincerely Yrs {1}
M Berry

R.S.V.P.

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Numbered ‘37’ in the top left-hand corner in pencil.

{1} This line is indistinct.

Richmond.—Invites him to dinner.

(Dated Tuesday, 2 June. Numbered 41.)

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If it were possible to suppose that “a Man of Wit & Pleasure about town” could come down to a Country dinner with two old Women, I should propose your dining with us on Saturday next a† ½ past six—

M Berry

Richmond
tuesday
2d June

R.S.V.P.

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Numbered ‘41’ in the top left-hand corner in pencil.

Richmond.—Invites him to dinner.

(Dated Sunday evening, 30 May. Numbered 39.)

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Will Res publica allow you to come & dine with us on thursday next 3 June at ½ past six O clock?

M Berry

R.S.V.P.

Richmond
Sun[da]y Eve[nin]g
30th May

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Numbered ‘39’ in the top left-hand corner in pencil.

The sketch is captioned ‘The poor dear dog under the table finds it less comfortable than might be the case’.

Headed ‘Air: Quand Biron voulut danser.’ First line: ‘Voici le Pas-de-Calais’.