Item 1 - Letter from Sir Cordell Firebrace to Goodchild Clark

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Add. MS a/659/1

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Letter from Sir Cordell Firebrace to Goodchild Clark

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  • 21 Feb. 1750 (Creation)

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West Audley Street, (London).—Sends accounts of Davie and Edwards for 1746 and 1747.

(Franked by Firebrace.)

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S[i]r

The first paper I saw when I opend the drawer was the inclosd Acc[oun]ts of Davie & Edwards for the years 1746 & 1747. & therefore take the earliest opportunity. to send ’em, & a Line to notifie their being come safe to hand will very much oblige

S[i]r
Y[ou]r Humble Serv[an]t
C. Firebrace

W Audley Street
Feb the 21st 1750

[Superscription:] To | Mr Goodchild Clark† | Attorney at Law | in Ipswich | Suffolk [At the foot:] Free | C. Firebrace

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Postmarked 21 February and ‘AC’. Dawson Turner has added at the foot in pencil, ‘M P for Ipswich’ in pencil alongside the signature. There are a few irregular spellings. Letters missing from words abbreviated by superscript letters have been supplied in square brackets.

† Sic.

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      This description was created by A. C. Green in 2022.

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