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Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, George, Rev.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Letter writing--Early works to 1800.

Letter writing.

Genre:

Letters.

Physical Description:

340, that is, 240pages ; 12⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Alex. Hogg, No 16, Pater-Noster-Row, [1780?]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

P. 240 mispaginated 340.

Price from imprint: price 2s. neatly bound, or 1s. 6d. sewed.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T111203.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.