BURKE, Sir John Bernard (1814-1892). Genealogist.
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent, 2 pages 8vo (foxed, identifying note at the head in red ink), Dublin Castle, 28 March 1882. Offering a copy of his just-published book Reminiscences Ancestral & Anecdotal ('I feel much concerned for the success of this Volume.').
Burke's authorship of his Peerage and Landed Gentry was somewhat discredited for numerous inaccuracies.
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