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Lot 174
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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GEORGE III, King of England (1738-1820). Letter signed and subscribed ("Bonus Frater Consanguineus et Amicus Georgius R."), in Latin, to Ferdinand IV of Naples. St. James's Palace, 8 August, 1783. Countersigned by D. J. Fox.
2 pages, folio, on a bifolium, with integral address leaf and seal, tear from opening, some minor toning.
GEORGE III ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF PRINCESS AMELIA. Ferdinand IV and his wife Maria Carolina were close allies of England, employing Englishman John Acton as their de facto prime minister. Charles James Fox, then in a coalition with Lord North, was a prominent Whig statesman. He was a staunch opponent of King George III, who he regarded as an aspiring tyrant, and the Fox-North coalition helped bring an end to the American Revolutionary War.
Property from the Collection of Blake Petersen