Address: Lyminster, Arundel, [Sussex]. [?To the Editor of the Edinburgh Review.] Describes the services rendered by his late father in the invention of the power loomand the inadequacy of the Government grant of £10,000, which 'did not repay one fifth part of loss which his family sustained, and which, as his only son, has continually fallen on me'. With the letter are 7 printed verses which Cartwright senior had desired 'might be engraven on his tomb'.
Autograph, with signature.
Edmund Cartwright letter
This material is held atSenate House Library Archives, University of London
- Reference
- GB 96 AL17
- Dates of Creation
- 29th Jan 1828
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 9" x 7.25" 2 leaves
Scope and Content
Arrangement
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