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  Letter

July 27. 1882
39 Croydon Place
West Croydon

To G Scharf Esq
F.S.A.

Sir
I possess a small Oil Portrait, 16 inches canvas,
of my late Husband, John Britton author of the "Cathedral Antiquities" and other works, which I am desirious to place in a place of safety - while I am still alive - If the Trustees of the "National