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Autograph Letter Signed to Horace, (Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917, Lawyer and Orator, U.S. Ambassador...

Autograph Letter Signed to Horace, (Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917, Lawyer and Orator, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain 1899-1905)

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(Lord Davey, 1833-1907, Appeal Judge), sending "a copy of the 'World Almanac' " (not present) "of which I spoke as answering all ordinary questions about America with reasonable accuracy", 1 side 8vo., 1 Carlton House Terrace, S.W., 16th June
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Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Dunn (Gertrude, 1843-1932, English Horticulturalist and Garden Designer)

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thanking him for his letter "which I now return. I am truly thankful to know how well they have borne up against the shock & great difficulties of the last five weeks. Your visit will be the greatest help and comfort...", 1 side 8vo., Queen's House, Cheyne Walk headed paper, 27th March At the time Queen's House was the home of her friends Jacques Blumenthal (1829-1908) and his wife. He was a German pianist and composer. In 1848 Blumenthal settled in London, where he became the pianist to Queen Victoria. The position contributed to his demand as a teacher in London society, and he prospered greatly. Blumenthal also composed a number of works; his short piano pieces and songs achieved considerable popularity, though his efforts at larger pieces did not meet with similar success. He died at his home in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea in May 1908, his widow, Léonie Souvoroff Blumenthal, née Gore, assigned the copyrights of his music to the Royal Society of Musicians.
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Autograph Letter in the third person to John Ebers in Bond Street, (Sir Thomas, 1763-1838, Bailly...

Autograph Letter in the third person to John Ebers in Bond Street, (Sir Thomas, 1763-1838, Bailly of Jersey)

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asking him to retain "the Opera box No. 92 or 95, respecting which he called this morning, at... five guineas", with Le Breton's portrait engraved by B. Holl after Sir Thomas Lawrence, pub. Fisher, 1830, the letter 1 side 8vo. and address, 15 Lower Seymour Street, Portman Square, 14th June n.y., old pencilled date Ebers took over the management of the Italian Opera House, Haymarket, from 1820-1827, was ruined by the enormous rent, and retrieved his fortunes by writing entertaining memoirs of his time there.
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Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Griffiths (Benjamin, 1817-1893, from 1855 Regius Professor of...

Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Griffiths (Benjamin, 1817-1893, from 1855 Regius Professor of Greek, from 1870 Master of Balliol College, Oxford)

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saying that he is "staying at Malvern with Mrs Forbes & one or two undergraduate friends. It will give us great pleasure to see you if you are disengaged & can pay us a visit for ten days or a fortnight ... We are 'working bees' so you had better bring something to do...", 2 sides 8vo., Ashfield House, Malvern, 12th August From 1848 Jowett had a habit of taking a small party of undergraduates with him at vacation time, and working with them in one of his favourite haunts one of which was at West Malvern.
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Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent (Benjamin, 1817-1893, from 1855 Regius Professor of Greek, from 1870 Master of Balliol College, Oxford)

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saying that "there is no order required... will you come to my rooms at 4.55 & I will have the pleasure of taking you into the chapel...", 1 side oblong 8vo., no place, no date
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Fascinating Pair of Autograph Letters Signed to the Earl CONINGSBY (George, 1657-1732,...

Fascinating Pair of Autograph Letters Signed to the Earl CONINGSBY (George, 1657-1732, Lieutenant-General, Commander-in-Chief, Scotland, from 1719 Baron Carpenter in the Irish Peerage)

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(Thomas, 1657-1729, from 1719 1st Earl), in his engaging hand, in the first thanking him for offering "your interest for my standing at Webly", (Weobley in Herefordshire), "My reason for desiring time was in order to disengage my self handsomely at the Burrough I now serve for... None in the Country know any thing of it from me but my Cozen Tom Carpenter, who will... write me whatever you shall order him", he describes how the bursting of the South Sea Bubble has affected other prospective candidates, "Many who have made great offers to severall Corporations... are render'd unable to performe what they may have propos'd, for great numbers who out of unbounded avarice have bought great sums of South Sea Stock for time at very high prizes, without means or even a possibility of paying for it... are by this sudden fall of the stock entirely ruin'd, not contented with gaining 1, 2, or 300000 l. severall are at present worse than nothing, by good fortune I have not… Read More
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Group of 1 Autograph Letter Signed and 2 Signed Receipts to his Banker John PALTOCK (John...

Group of 1 Autograph Letter Signed and 2 Signed Receipts to his Banker John PALTOCK (John Campbell, c. 1693-1770, from 1761 4th Duke)

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(of John Warner & Co.), (a) Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Paltock, asking if he has "inquired after my fifty [lottery] tickets they are in Mr Kelsoes list", and to "pay in the money and charge it to your Humble servant", 1 side 8vo and addressee's name on conjugate leaf, no place, "Wensday past six", (no date), (b) Bank Statement for 15th August - November 1721, headed 'The Honble: Coll. John Campbell', in which Campbell receipts re-payment of his balance of £170 15s 9d, achieved by the sale of £1000 South Sea Stock held for him in Mr Warner's name, after various drawings or short term loans and a payment to Colonel Selwyn of £201 11s 9d, watermark the Stuart Royal Arms within the Garter, (1721), and (c) Signed Receipt for dividends at Christmas 1720 and Midsummer 1721, "on the produce Stock of £5000 3rd and 4th Subscriptions which was in Mr Warner's name", totalling £141 15s, (19th January 1721, 1722 modern… Read More
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His Visiting card signed (Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917, Lawyer and Orator, U.S. Ambassador to Great...

His Visiting card signed (Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917, Lawyer and Orator, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain 1899-1905)

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inscribed "Yours very truly" with the place and date, 'The American Ambassador' is printed as is the address, 3½" x 2", 4 Carlton House Terrace, London, October
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Remarkable letter to Lord Waverley (Lionel, 1898-1984, Professor of Economics at the LSE...

Remarkable letter to Lord Waverley (Lionel, 1898-1984, Professor of Economics at the LSE 1929-1961, Life Peer)

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(Sir John Anderson, 1882-1958, war-time Chancellor of the Exchequer), expressing his "sympathy and indignation at the infamous treatment you have received from the Socialists - including by omission the late Prime Minister [Attlee]... I am disgusted with Gaitskell [Hugh, leader of the Labour Party 1955-1963] who was a pupil of mine [at New College, Oxford] and a friend of long standing", he sends a copy of his letter to Gaitskell (present) "which I have no doubt will end that relationship. These people will reduce everything to a common degradation if no protest is made" (2nd March 1952), to Gaitskell he writes "I know the victim of your shabby triumph... During the war I watched him settling disputes between ministers of all parties... Since the abolition of the University Franchise... he has refused safe conservative seats on the ground that as a public servant he received confidences which he would not... had it ever been thought that he would ever fight on a party… Read More
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Signatures on portion of a document, (Slingsby, Lord Mayor of London 1755-1756) and MORETON (William, d. 1763, from 1753 Recorder of London)

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authorizing payment of a (charitable) sum to be divided in various amounts, including to "William Weston one pound", vellum, 4¾" x 11¾", 27th July lacking upper portion
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Signatures on portion of a document, (Slingsby, Lord Mayor of London 1755-1756) and MORETON (William, d. 1763, from 1753 Recorder of London)

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authorizing payment of a (charitable) sum to be divided in various amounts, including to William Philp and Richard Hebert "One Pound fifteen Shillings", vellum, 5¾" x 11½", 27th July lacking upper portion
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Typed Letter Signed to the Director of the Foreign Claims Department, Foreign Office, (Sir Charles, 1862-1931, Linguist, Diplomat, Principal of Hong Kong University 1912, High Commissioner for Siberia 1918-1919, Ambassador to Japan 1919-1926)

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asking him to advise the bearer, "Captain A.W. Berg, who has been acting as Secretary to the High Commission in Siberia", because the banks in Petrograd where his Russian securities are deposited "are now in the hands of the Bolsheviks", and he fears that everything has been confiscated, blind embossed British arms, 2 sides 4to., Vladivostok, 25th March neat filing holes in blank margin
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