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Robert Clayton

 

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Laetitia Pilkington : [letter asking for financial assistance]

'I wrote, in order to gain Relief, to a Prelate of [italics] Ireland [end italics], then resident in [italics] London [end italics]; I sent the letter by the Daughter of a Dissenting Clergyman, of whose Honour and Virtue I was confident. He received her civilly, read over my Letter, and declared he did not know me; but as he had some slight Knowledge of my Father, there was a Guinea for me'..

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Robert Clayton      Manuscript: Letter

 

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