Proposals for publishing by subscription, a collection of upwards of one thousand historical letters, collected by the late Reverend Thomas Birch, ... under the following title: "Historical letters, written in the reigns of James I. and Charles I. ... Now first published from originals in the British Museum, ... and private collections." ...
Birch, Thomas,1705-1766.
[London,
1782]
The letters were in fact published only in 1849.
Dated at head: London, December 14, 1782.
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