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Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron, 1818-1898. 1 letter to [Mr.] ----- [Plunket?], A.L.S. (4 p.), (1872, Dec. 25), London (Eng.)


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    Playfair, Lyon Playfair, Baron, 1818-1898. 1 letter to [Mr.] J. N. Cobb, A.L.S. (1 p.), (1894, Jan. 30), London (Eng.)

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    Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869. 1 letter to [Mr.] ----- Thomson, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1836, June 25), [London (Eng.)]

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    Papé, Frank Cheyne, 1878-1972. 1 letter to [Dear Sirs], A.L.S. (1 p.), (1929, Dec. 4), Tunbridge Wells (Eng.)

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    Black, William, 1841-1898. 1 card to James -----, A.N.S. (1 p.), ([1888, Dec.]), Brighton (Eng.)

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    Balfour of Burleigh, Alexander Hugh Bruce, Baron, 1849-1921. 1 letter to [Madam], A.L.S. (4 p.), ([ca. 1900?]), London (Eng.)

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    Dundas, David, Sir, 1735-1820. 1 letter to [Sir], A.L.S. (1 p.), (1818, May 6), York (Eng.)

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