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Autograph letter signed from Henrietta Webb, Bockmer End, to Lady Altham [manuscript], between 1660 and 1680.

Webb, Henrietta, 1660?-1711, sender.; Altham, Lady, active 17th century, addressee.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.c.66

Title
Autograph letter signed from Henrietta Webb, Bockmer End, to Lady Altham [manuscript], between 1660 and 1680.
Description
2 leaves ; 20 x 14 cm
Associated name
Webb, Henrietta, 1660?-1711, sender.
Altham, Lady, active 17th century, addressee.
Summary
Detailing Borlase's recent visit to Bath and presents her service to her cousins Altham, including "my prittye cosen Mary Alltom," and to her cousins Smith.
Note
Signed: your affecttionat neese, H. Borlase. Dated: bockmor august i. Addressed: for the lady Alltom. Contains 2 wax seals with silk floss intact.

Presumably written before her first marriage in 1680.

1 bifolium.
Historical background
Borlase is the maiden name of Henrietta Webb.
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library X.c.66
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Letters (correspondence)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Bockmer End.

Call number
X.c.66
Folger-specific note
Adopted by Pat Hoffman, for River Taylor Hoffman: she "winnes all hartes", Acquisitions Night 2006.
Folger accession
260821

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