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- [7 June 1780]. (Creation)
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1 f.
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Offered for sale by Maggs Bros in 1918 (Maggs Catalogue, 370 (Autumn 1918), no. 1585; see The Correspondence of Edmund Burke, iv, p. 242); 'Burke Gordon Riots £3-10-0', 'Summer 1928 m £10-10-0' and ?'hobo' (all in pencil on recto); discovered in an administrative office at NLW in 2012, provenance unknown.
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NLW; Internal transfer (with NLW MS 24022G); January 2012; 006206212.
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A letter, [7 June 1780], in the hand of Edmund Burke, [London], to an unknown recipient, commenting on the ongoing Gordon Riots, by which he was directly affected, and the burning of Newgate prison the previous night, and attempting to arrange a meeting with the recipient that evening.
For a partial transcript of the letter see The Correspondence of Edmund Burke, ed. by T. W. Copeland and others, 10 vols (Cambridge; Chicago, 1958-78), iv: July 1778-June 1782, ed. by John A. Woods (1963), p. 242.
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English.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23981E, f. 53.