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William Shenstone letter to John Livie

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William Shenstone letter to John Livie

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1762, May 20.
Call number: mssHM 53344
Creator: Shenstone, William (1714-1763)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Transferred from the Rare Books Department, Huntington Library, March 1990. Removed from RB 106624, vol. 1. From the library of Frederic R. Marvin, April 1919.
Dimensions: 21 cm
Associated people: Livie, John, (active 1762,)
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