Oct 11, 2007 - Sale 2123

Sale 2123 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 1,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
PITT, WILLIAM. Letter Signed, "W. Pitt," to Lt. Governor Dinwiddie [of Virginia], informing him that the King "has appointed me to be His principal Secretary of State for the Southern department . . ." and asking that henceforth letters be addressed to him. He also encloses a speech [not present] in which "his Majesty's Sentiments on the present Situation of Public Affairs [are] expressed." 1 1/2 pages, single tall 4to sheet; folds, remnants of prior mounting along edges verso. Whitehall, 7 December 1756