MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF COLONEL HUTCHINSON, Governor of Nottingham Castle and Town... with Original Anecdotes... and a Summary Review of Affairs: Written by his Widow Lucy... now first published... by Rev. Julius Hutchinson. To which is prefixed THE LIFE OF MRS. HUTCHINSON written by herself.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Patterson Row, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1806. First Edition. 4to. Frontis. [8] which includes subscribers list with hand written additions, xiv, [2], 446 pp, 1 engraved portrait, plate of fascimile handwriting, folding genealogical chart, sepia aquatint of Nottingham Castle, and engraved plan. Three quarter leather and marbled boards, rubbed and stained. Red leather label on spine with raised bands and gilt rules. Foxing to title, several pages and Mrs. Hutchinson's portrait. Bookplate of Lord W. Kerr, G. C. B.
Col. John Hutchinson M.P. for Nottinghamshire took the parliamentary side in the Civil War. "He signed the king’s death warrant but was saved from expected reprisals at the Restoration by his early demonstration of contrition, and the influence of his kinsmen". DNB. Item #64133
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