Autograph Document Signed
by BROOKE-PECHELL, George (1789-1860)
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
This English aristocrat, the 4th Baronet, was a Royal Navy officer who rose to Vice Admiral and served in Parliament from Brighton for 25 years. ADS, 1p, 5" X 3¼", Shoreham, U.K., 9 October 1839. Very good. Lightly age toned. Front portion of envelope, boldly penned by him in brown ink from his residence at Castle Goring near Shoreham that he rented from Mary "Frankenstein" Shelley (he later purchased it), Percy Shelley's ancestral estate. Addressed to a local gentry from a venerated family: "The Honorable Mrs. Vernon Harcourt / Westdean / Midhurst." (Caroline Mary Vernon Harcourt, 1789-1871, was the wife of Leveson Venables Vernon Harcourt, 1788-60.) Signed "GeoBPechell" at lower left. A handsome example.
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- Seller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 44899
- Title
- Autograph Document Signed
- Author
- BROOKE-PECHELL, George (1789-1860)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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