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Talfourd, Thomas Noon, Sir (1795-1854) to Thomas Chamberlain

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.232 Author/Creator: Talfourd, Thomas Noon, Sir (1795-1854) Place Written: London, England Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 21 May 1844 Pagination: 2 p. ; 20 x 12.5 cm. Order a Copy

Discusses the marriage of his butler and his subsequent move to an undesireable location. Talfourd questions his own happiness in a similiar situation.

Talfourd was an English judge and author, a biographer of Charles Lamb, and had Dickens' "Pickwick Papers" dedicated to him.

Talfourd, Thomas Noon, Sir, 1795-1854
Chamberlain, Thomas, fl. 1844

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