businessman and a Whig politician (1799-1864). Autograph letter signed. "J. B.". 8vo. 2 pp. on bifolium.
$ 236 / 220 €
(92259/BN61290)
To Captain Robert William Eastwick (1772-1865) with news of a concession of his father's vote, the banker Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton, for Major James Oliphant: "My Father will be able to vote for your friend Major Oliphant according to the request you urged upon me last Autumn. He was not at first certain of the state of his engagements [...]". - With collector's note mounted to counter leaf. With recipient's note and traces of old mounting on the verso.