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CANNING GEORGE: (1770-1827) British Prime Minister April - August 1827. A.L.S., Geo. Canning, two pages, 4to, Downing Street, 11th February 1797, to T. C. Banks Esq., marked 'Private'. Canning acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's letter and remarks 'I do not know that I can flatter myself with the hope of being any use to you in the business with which you are charged & the purport of which you express a desire to communicate to me', further asking Banks to call at the Secretary of State's office in Downing Street on either the next day or Monday between the hours of 12 and 2, when he should be very happy to see him. With blank integral leaf (three newspaper clippings laid down to the verso, one giving an account of Canning's funeral). VG