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Letters Patent of 1674 [whereby King Charles II grants a pension of £3,000 each per annum to his three sons by the Duchess of Cleveland, payable from Excise duties]
British 17th century unknown
Letter written by Lord Byron to Robert Charles Dallas, from Newstead Abbey
George Gordon Byron (1788 - 1824)
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