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Sir Francis Henry Drake (1723-1794) : letters from the country, letters from the city /
'In 1740, at the age of 17, Sir Francis Henry Drake of Buckland and Nutwell in Devon succeeded his father as Baronet and in due course followed him as MP for Bere Alston. This volume presents 320 letters written to Sir Francis between 1740 and 1778 by his Devon overseer, Nicholas Rowe, and by h...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Woodbridge :
The Boydell Press,
2019
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| Series: | Devon and Cornwall Record Society. New series ;
volume 62. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- General Introduction; Elections and Infrastructure; Buckland Abbey and Nutwell Court: Buildings; Nutwell: Planting the Landscape; Healthways and Two Eighteenth-Century Devonshire Estates; Editorial method; The Letters I: From Nicholas Rowe to Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1740-1754; The Letters II: From Nicholas Rowe to Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1754-1775; The Letters III: From William Hudson to Sir Francis Henry Drake, 1767-1778; Bibliography