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Lot 3538 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Documents & Autographs
Estimate $100
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SOLD $80
CHARLES CORNWALLIS, 1st Marquis Cornwallis, cut out section from end of letter, written both sides, end reads, 'I am Dear Sir / Very faithfully Yours / Cornwallis', together with b&w photo of Marquis Cornwallis portrait by J.S.Copley. Good very fine.
The Marquis Cornwallis (1783-1805) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He was one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence.
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