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An 18th c Wedding delightful letter from Lady Newburgh to her aunt dated Slindon [House^ Sussex]
An 18th c Wedding delightful letter from Lady Newburgh to her aunt dated Slindon [House^ Sussex] July 19th 1789 reporting on her homecoming after her wedding to Lord Newburgh ‘...we arrived^ attended by a great parade^ all my Lord’s Tenants and more dressed in white and coloured ribbons with flowers and flags in their hands met us at three miles from the house as we advance the crowd became so great^ I thought we should never get out of the carries. Almost blinded with their throwing flowers at us. Our reception was concluded with firing cannon and ringing of the bells...’ 2pp 4to^ seal tear and one close tear but otherwise good.
An 18th c Wedding delightful letter from Lady Newburgh to her aunt dated Slindon [House^ Sussex] July 19th 1789 reporting on her homecoming after her wedding to Lord Newburgh ‘...we arrived^ attended by a great parade^ all my Lord’s Tenants and more dressed in white and coloured ribbons with flowers and flags in their hands met us at three miles from the house as we advance the crowd became so great^ I thought we should never get out of the carries. Almost blinded with their throwing flowers at us. Our reception was concluded with firing cannon and ringing of the bells...’ 2pp 4to^ seal tear and one close tear but otherwise good.
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