Item 5 - Letter from Sir T. Duffus Hardy to W. Aldis Wright

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Add. MS b/74/11/5

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Letter from Sir T. Duffus Hardy to W. Aldis Wright

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  • 6 Dec. 1872 (Creation)

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Public Record Office.—Aldis Wright’s edition of the Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester must be completed by 31 March 1873.

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Public Record Office

6 December 1872.

Dear Sir

I am desired by the Master of the Rolls to call your attention to the “Metrical Chronicle of Robert of Gloucester”, which you have had in hand as Editor upwards of four years. I am at the same time to state that it is absolutely necessary the work should be completed by the end of the current financial year, 31st March, 1873.—If you are unable to do this, the Master of the Rolls wishes you to state your reasons.

I am, Dear Sir,
Yours truly,
T. Duffus Hardy

W. Aldis Wright, Esq., &c., &c.

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In the hand of an amanuensis, except the signature.

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

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