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Article: Sale of historic letters in archive fetches 850,000 pounds
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 13, 1994
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ONE of Britain's most important private archives, containing
royal letters detailing the madness of George III, Lord
Byron'saccount of his pursuit by Lady Caroline Lamb, and a
grovelling note of thanks from George Washington, was broken up
yesterday.
The collection, from Bowood House in Wiltshire, was sold by the
Earl of Shelburne to help pay for the upkeep of the house. The sale
raised pounds 853,230 - more than pounds 150,000 above the guide
price suggested by Christie's, the London auctioneers.
The sale of the letters, sent to four previous generations of
the earls of Shelburne and the marquises of Lansdowne, included
correspondence from many important figures of the 18th and 19th ...