Autograph letter signed from Frances Teresa Stuart, Duchess of Richmond, Whitehall, to Robert Clayton, Old Jewry, London [manuscript], 1673 April?.

London, 1673 April?

1 item ; 19 x 15 cm (bifolium)

Asks for the return of a unicorn horn taken by her sister-in-law ("I am told that my sister O Brien has taken away the Unecorns horn, I suppose you lett her have it only to look on whereby to satisfy her curiosity, & that you will send for it againe"), citing her rights as widow ("I should haue the preferance of any thinge that was to be sould") and offering if necessary to buy it back "as it was prized."

Dated "Whitthall, Thursday night" and signed "F. Richmond & Lenox."

With integral address leaf: For Sr Robert Clayton att his house in the old Jury, London.

Docketed: The Dutches of Richmondes Letter Apr. 1673. (Apr. has been crossed out)

Black wax seal.

One of seven letters to Clayton and Morris from various correspondents, England, 1667-1688, acquired from Bonhams in 2012 (Auction 20139, lot 16) PO: D8500.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

X.c.154 (3)

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