Item 21 - Letter from the Duke of Norfolk to G. W. Manby

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Add. MS a/659/21

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Letter from the Duke of Norfolk to G. W. Manby

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  • 15 Mar. 1824 (Creation)

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Norfolk House, (London).—Declines to establish an institution for the relief of shipwrecked mariners in Suffolk.

(In the hand of an amanuensis, except the signature.)

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Norfolk House
March 15th 1824

Sir,

In answer to your Letter of the 10th inst: I have to assure you that altho’ I cannot doubt of your qualifications to give efficacy to the object of any Institution for the preservation of Shipwrecked Mariners—Yet I must beg to decline originating the formation of any separate Establishment for this purpose in the County of Suffolk

I have the honor to be
Sir
Your ob[edien]t hble Serv[an]t
Norfolk

Captain George William Manby
&c &c &c

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The missing letters of words abbreviated by superscript letters have been supplied in square brackets.

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

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