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Concept

Letter writing

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  • Constantinople: a man sits to write a letter as two women watch over his shoulder. Coloured lithograph by J. Nash after D. Wilkie, 1840.
  • World War I: a soldier writing a letter home. Colour process print, ca. 1916.
  • World War I: a soldier writing a letter home. Colour process print, ca. 1916.
  • A letter-copying machine: plan (top) and three-quarter view (below). Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1813.
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    Catalogue of extremely interesting autograph letters and important historical documents : amongst which will be found, Stuart papers, and documents connected with the history of Scotland, the declaration of James III, addressed to the people of England, A.D. 1743 ... one hundred and forty-two letters (many unpublished) of Dr. Philip Doddridge ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson ... at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Friday, February 28th, 1851, at one o'clock most punctually.

    Puttick and Simpson. | Date: 1851
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    Proposed medical statute / John W. Ogle.

    Ogle, John W. (John William), 1824-1905. | Date: 1860
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    Some unpublished correspondence of David Garrick / edited by George Pierce Baker.

    Garrick, David, 1717-1779. | Date: 1907
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    Diary and correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S. : to which is subjoined the private correspondence between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon and Sir Richard Browne / edited from the original mss. at Wotton by William Bray.

    Evelyn, John, 1620-1706. | Date: 1881
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    Constantinople: a man sits to write a letter as two women watch over his shoulder. Coloured lithograph by J. Nash after D. Wilkie, 1840.

    Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841. | Date: 1840 | Reference: 25487i
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