An Account of the Illness and Death of Andrew Lake

Manuscript volume titled "An Account of the Illness and Death of Andrew Lake, May 9th 1799, aet. 14y. 10 m."
Contents includes an account of Andrew's sickness and death, copies of letters on the subject, and verses.

c.1799

1 volume

Purchased from Dean Byass Rare Books, Bristol, May 2013.

The volume was compiled by Andrew Lake's father, Sir James Winter Lake (1742-1807), Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (the Canadian city of Edmonton takes its name from the Lakes' Middlesex estate).

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