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- 3 Jul. [1877?] (Creation)
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1 folded sheet
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After Lord Houghton’s death in 1885 his library passed firstly to his son the 1st Marquess of Crewe, then to Peggy, Marchioness of Crewe, and eventually to Lord Crewe’s daughter the Duchess of Roxburghe.
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The book containing this letter forms part of the bequest of Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe, 2014.
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3 Bolton St. - Thanks Lord Houghton for his note about the book [The American]; agrees that 'the Bellegardes are rather "belated". They would have been more probable under the old régime; but I suppose a novelist has always to force matters a little. But… read more
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Tipped in between the second and third flyleaves of the first edition of Henry James's The American (Boston, 1877) in the Crewe Collection. The third flyleaf has an dedication in James's hand: 'Lord Houghton with cordial regards of H. James jr.'.