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LIB/JL/LE/2
Reference code
LIB/JL/LE/2
Level of description
Item
Title
Letter: John Liston to G. Stephenson, 7 January 1823
1823
Extent and medium
1 item
Personal name
Liston, John
Scope and content
Letter from John iston to G. Stephenson, 7 Janaury 1823, 50 Greek Street, Soho. 'My dear Sir, Knowing that your modesty will not permit you to accept a verbal invitation, this to request from Mrs. Liston and myself ...'. The letter has been trimmed at the foot with some loss of text (supplied in a pencil note).
The addressee has been identified as Robert S. Stephenson (1803-1859), engineer, but may be his father George Stephenson (1781-1848), also an engineer.
Immediate source of acquisition
From the Jim Davis Collection, presented by his family December 2024.