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Folios 131B-131G. Letter from John Somerville of Grafton Street, Soho [Westminster],...
Catalogue reference: HO 42/24/63
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This record is about the Folios 131B-131G. Letter from John Somerville of Grafton Street, Soho [Westminster],... dating from 1793 Jan 15 in the series Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1793 Jan 15
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Folios 131B-131G. Letter from John Somerville of Grafton Street, Soho [Westminster], aged 73 and almost blind, stating that he had learnt that the king's 2nd presentation to the Charterhouse was still at his disposal. Enclosed is a letter of 3 July 1792 to Lord Hood from Scrope Bernard [former under-secretary] stating that the vacancy in Mr Pitt's gift had been filled. Also enclosed is a memorandum of 22 June 1792 to Hood from Bernard stating that no vacancy in the home secretary's gift had arisen since his application on behalf of Somerville.
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- Disability
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