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McMahon, John. HANDWRITTEN LETTER DATED OCTOBER 29, 1802, TO MAJOR JOHN OSBORNE, ON BEHALF OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. Written on two sides of a sheet of a plain folded double-sheet. Folded for mailing and docketed on the verso. Very good or better.
A letter written by the Prince of Wales's personal secretary, thanking Osborne for his presentation to the Prince of an engraving of the Hindu-style "temple" he erected at Melchet Park in honor of Warren Hastings. While the engraver is not mentioned in the letter, it was executed by William Daniel.
From the Heather Hardin-Hudson Collection.
Estimate: $150 - $250