1803 Letter to Lord Viscount Lowther of Cumberland signed C Yorke Home Sec #CC22 For Sale

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1 of a number of Georgian 18th Century and later letters - entires - documents - indentures - other paper ephemera - broadsides from the HOWARD family estate at Corby Castle in Cumbria. Also related letters - entires from other aristocratic gentry folks of the period too including the Duke of Norfolk & Duke of Beaufort.
Corby Castle is the ancestral home of the Howard family since 1611 when Lord William Howard, the third son of Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk. Henry Howard added quite abit to the house in 1812 and a few of these letters relate to the building work. The Howard family are related to the Lawson family and that is why there are some later period items relating to their family too.
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This is an antique printed copy of a Letter from Whitehall London, the Secretary of State, to the Right Hon. William Lord Viscount Lowther, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cumberland.
It was printed signed from Hobart but this has been crossed out and signed by C. Yorke. ..in actual dip ink pen.
Charles Philip Yorke was Home Secretary during this time.

It was printed in 1803 by A. Bell, Penrith.
It is in good collectable condition overall with some signs of age and wear, especially on the corners and edges. There are a few creases in the paper but no rip or tears.


It measures approx. 12 and 1/2 inches x 7 and 3/4 inches.



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