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Autograph Letter Signed, to Edward Magrath, Secretary of The Athenaeum, sending an order for the payment of six guineas, explaining that “I have not been in England since 1833 commenced”. 1 page 7 x 7 inches, on the verso of The Athenaeum’s request for the annual Subscription., one tear (at seal opening). Paris, 15 February 1833. Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), linguist, writer, traveller and diplomat, Governor of Hong Kong, etc., author of The Kingdom and People of Siam; with a Narrative of the Mission to That Country in 1855.