Fox, Charles Richard 1796-1873 to Thomas Pringle
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.157 Author/Creator: Fox, Charles Richard 1796-1873 Place Written: Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 29, 1828 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
Discusses an etching entitled "Mr. Fox and his Friends" by William Lane housed at Holland House. Fox thinks it would be fitting for an upcoming work and says his father has no objection to having it engraved. Whigs depicted in the etching include William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire; William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam; John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe; Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough; Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland; John Fitzpatrick, 2nd Earl of Upper Ossory; Richard Fitzpatrick; Dudley Long North; Andrew St John, 13th Baron St John; Lord Robert Spencer; Lord John Townshend.
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