Oct 22, 2015 - Sale 2394

Sale 2394 - Lot 90

Price Realized: $ 438
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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
PITT, WILLIAM. Letter Signed, "W:Pitt," as Secretary of State for the Southern Department, to the Earl of Home, announcing the death of Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709–1759). 1 page, folio; moderate scattered staining, folds. "Whitehall" [London], 23 January 1759
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"Your Lordship will probably have heard . . . the melancholy news of the Death of the Princess Royal and of Orange, of which the King received an account last Saturday. This unhappy Event has given great concern to His Majesty, & the Royal Family . . . ."