Description:
Josiah Wedgwood I Letter Dated 1790, England, to the prominent Birmingham Unitarian merchant William Russell, evidently a reply to Russell's request that Wedgwood should help promote a committee representing a union of interests between dissenting congregations throughout the country, including two pages and an address leaf, framed as one, each approx. 7 x 8 1/2; set in a wood frame, 14 x 19 1/2 in.
The property of Jeffrey Milkins.
Estimate $800-1,200
Slight paper loss affecting one or two words on the second page has been professionally repaired as has some paper loss on the address leaf.
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Jeffrey Milkins, United KingdomStuart Slavid
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