1824 First Meeting of the Oriental Club,

Estimate

60 - 80 GBP

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Description

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a humorous letter from F. Web to F. Chancellor Esq., with three pictograms headlined 16 Grosvenor Street, Private Room !!! consequently the communication not official !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, including a comment "But joking apart, our First Meeting went off very well -"; fine.

Catalogue Note

The Oriental Club had rooms at 16 Grosvenor Street from 1824 to 1828, with their first meeting being held in 1824. The club was formed for the benefit of members of the East India Company