Lot n° 771

IRLANDE. George Nugent REYNOLDS (v. 1770-1802), poète irlandais; il prit part à la révolte des …

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IRLANDE. George Nugent REYNOLDS (v. 1770-1802), poète irlandais; il prit part à la révolte des Defenders au printemps 1793. Lettre (autographe?) signée «G: N: R» au Lord Chancellor d'Irlande John Fitzgibbon (1748-1802), 2 pp. in-folio, [1793]. Pliures, quelques taches, reste d'un onglet au dos. Après sa déchéance de la Commission de Paix. Mention d'époque sur le second feuillet vierge: «a letter from George Nugent Reynolds in the year 1793 to lord Chancellor Fitzgibbon in consequence of his being superceded in the commission of the Peace […]". "With surprise and sorrow, I received a letter signed John (Droyer) informing me, that your lordship was pleased to superced me in the Commission of the Peace, I say with surprise as I'm conscious of no fault to deserve such degradation […]".
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