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Letter to Frédéric de Waldeck, London, 1838 July 18

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Open book Letter to Frédéric de Waldeck, London, 1838 July 18

Title Letter to Frédéric de Waldeck, London, 1838 July 18

Creator Ilchester, William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways, Earl of, 1795-1882

Date 1838

Place England--London

Language English

Subjects Manuscripts, English

Description Holograph, signed.
Other Waldeck materials at the Newberry Library include letters, journals, drawings, and original Indian pictorial works formerly owned by Waldeck.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Summary Brief letter to Frédéric de Waldeck in London, dated July 18, 1838, from W.T. Strangways of the British Foreign Office. The letter is addressed to Waldeck at 29 New Bond Street, following his return in 1837 from travels in Mexico, and most recently from an expedition to the ruins of Palenque and other Mayan sites in the Yucatán. The letter informs him that a box of his drawings and papers has arrived from Mexico. Strangways arranges for the delivery of the box, and requests Waldeck to pay shipping charges of two pounds to the Chief Clerk of the Office.

Extent [2] leaves ; 32 cm

Format Correspondence, Manuscripts

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

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Call Number Ayer MS 1238

BibID 119439

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2462px × 3852px 27.15 MB

Filename 991194398805867_Ayer_MS_1238_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11E276

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