Oglethorpe, General James, including "Sketch'd from Life at the Sale of Dr. Johnsons books, Feb. 18 1785," 1785 and undated
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Inscription: "General James Oglethorpe Died 30th June 1785 aged 102 said to be the oldest General in Europe__Sketch'd from Life at the sale of Dr Johnsons books Feby 18, 1785 where the Genl was reading a book he had purchas'd without spectacles__In 1706 he had an Ensigns commission in the Guards and remember'd to have shot snipes in Conduitmead where Conduit Street now stands" There is also a small newspaper clipping attached.
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