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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 672

Crime and Punishment Prisons London Bridewell: 1765 (21 May) letter written at Northumberland House to the Justices of the Peace at Hick´s Hall, signed by the Duke of Northumberland the letter entreats the Justices to appoint John Stodart as Keeper of the Clerkenwell Bridewell ´whose Fidelity is well known to me, & who I am persuaded will execute that Office to your Satisfaction´; fine and attractive Estimate £ 120-150

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