Burning of Whitehall Palace.- Blathwayt (William) Autograph Letter signed, 1697 [1698], "Whitehall is just now on fire by an accidt. and moste fit is like to be burnt down. We are safe towards ye Park".

Burning of Whitehall Palace.- Blathwayt (William, government official, bap. 1650, d. 1717) Autograph Letter signed to "Sr", 2pp. with conjugate blank, Whitehall, 4th January 1697 [1698], "Whitehall is just now on fire by an accidt. and moste fit is like to be burnt down. We are safe towards ye Park", folds, browned.

⁂ Whitehall Palace burnt down on the afternoon of 4th January 1698 after a Dutch maidservant left drying linen sheets on a charcoal brazier in a bed chamber.