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Dundas, Isabella, 1747-1823 to James Dundas

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02549.35 Author/Creator: Dundas, Isabella, 1747-1823 Place Written: London, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 February 1788 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Describes in detail a fire that injured three of their friends. Notes that the newspaper exaggerated the story, "tho' dreadful as it is." Written from Lombard Street in London.

Dundas, Isabella, 1747-1823
Dundas, James, 1752-1831

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