politician and writer (1810-1841). Autograph letter signed. Athenaeum Club [London]. 8vo. 1½ pp.
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To the Reverend Benjamin Bradney Bockett, the vicar of Epsom, Surrey, with a request to sign and return certain documents: "I shall be most obliged to you if you will sign the two certificates enclosed. Mrs Courtenay will call or send for them. I was very glad to see you doing duty again yesterday [...]". - Courtenay wrote "Memoirs of the Life, Works, and Correspondence of Sir William Temple, Bart." (London, 1836) and "Commentaries on the Historical Plays of Shakespeare" (2 vols., London, 1840). - Traces of old mounting on verso and slight brownstaining.