Miscellaneous Misc from Sophie Dupre

and saying that she be "be much obliged if the Mill kindly let her have full particulars as to terms of admission. She would also be glad to know whether there is now a vacancy for a pupil, or if not, when one is likely to occur...", 1 side 8vo., 190 Marylebone Road, 29th April Hill was… Read more about this item

thanking him for "your most welcome gift, which I was heartily glad to receive last night. It is a great cheer to be thus helped by others in all the work which I have in hand & I shall spend the money with great pleasure...", 1 side 8vo., 190 Marylebone Road, 16th February Hill was a moving… Read more about this item

thanking her for an invitation and saying that she is "so very sorry that I am engaged for that night. It would have been a great pleasure to me to see the lantern exhibition, as it is a question I am much interested in & I hear Mr Clarke is a great authority. I scarcely like to invite such… Read more about this item

showing them both full length in court dress, he is in uniform holding his helmet and she is wearing a long evening dress and diamond tiara, 11" x 8", no place, no date

on small piece, laid down, no place, no date

sincerely yours W. R. Morris", showing him half length with his arms folded, wearing a suit and tie, looking straight at the camera and smiling, 15" x 12", no place, no date

saying he is "the hare with many friends - You are the fourth person in Torquay who has asked me to lunch" and hoping the Pengellys will visit in the spring, 2 sides 8vo., 22nd November

saying that he "will not have a Stable, as it is much too expensive. He will acquaint you in a few Days, where you are to send his Marquee &c", 1 side 4to., Dover, 27th May n.y., c. spike hole without loss

saying "I understand you would like Roger on the Bench" and asking for a letter saying that that is "the unanimous wish of the Bench that he should be appointed, instead of Col. Groom, who is not likely to attend any more", with original envelope (lacks stamp), 1 side 8vo, Holkham, Norfolk, 12th March n.y., c. Lord… Read more about this item

for the sum of £2.17s received for "assurance of the sum of £100 upon the life of his wife Peggy Tiffin...", signed by the trustees, 1 side 4to, with revenue stamp at the head, Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships, 6th November

and to his Heirs & Assigns for ever... All that our whole Estate... at the Holin Tree [on verso, 'Holling Tree'] in Ingleton viz: one Mansion... with one Barn one Stable & all other Edifices thereunto Belonging, Likwise one Orchard two Gardens one Croft all Adjoyning... to the Lands of Richard Foxcroft on the East side, and one other… Read more about this item

of Messrs Spottiswoode and Robertson, returning the amended draft of his will (not present) with instructions on the jewels and a discretionary power to his trustees or executors to sell or to let his house in Green Street, London, for the sole benefit of his eldest son Viscount Dupplin, together with an autograph note asking Mr Robertson to inform… Read more about this item

saying "You will have seen the Circular from our committee... in the mean time the safest course for Bondholders is to withold their signatures to Documents forwarded to them" (1st May 1868, headed 'Italian Irrigation'), "I have sent the Circular (28 Ult.) of the New Defence Association. I cannot see any object to be obtained in joining it,… Read more about this item

of W & L Newall for a £5 legacy against which a claim may arise from a relative, 1 side oblong 8vo., with revenue stamp, 28th June

(1821-1879, second son of John Ellis, 1789-1862), saying she was "obliged by your courtesy in sending me twelve copies of the Owl, altho I can well dispose of them, I should not certainly not have asked for so many, had I known they were not to be bought. Honour is due to those who stand forward in defence… Read more about this item

saying that "Mr Rabson tells me that some of the best Customers that have dealt with him since he has been in Trade, will immediately go to some other Shop if the Goods which they have ordered are not sent home directly", he engages that "if you'll supply him with Hatts... to the amount of one Hundred Pounds on… Read more about this item

Lord Mayor of London, asking him to "grant me an interview on a matter of National Importance and allow me to bring... Mr Alan Stoneham whose letter in the Times of February 7th you may very possibly have seen", 2 sides 8vo., 6th March mounting strip on left margin of recto

saying that at the "college meeting today... the college accepted gladly" his kind offer, "we have no portrait of Sir John Cooke", 1666-1710, the civil lawyer, "it will be a great addition to our gallery... We are deeply sensible of your kindness" (17th October 1924), unfortunately "it has not come, and I have heard nothing from the present holder,… Read more about this item

for the performance of the covenants in an Indenture of the same date [not present], saying that he "the son and heir of Richard Richardson late of Newell... gentleman, deceased, am... firmly bound to William Richardson senior of High Ferneley in Wike in the said County, gentleman, in the sum of £1,960 of good and lawful money of England",… Read more about this item

leaving to his son Jonathan his dwelling in Woodbridge, with the Salthouse, two brick warehouses and a woodhouse, also his quay in Woodbridge with its warehouses and coalyard, and the utensils for refining salt, to his son Samuel property including a shipyard and dock, and two smiths' forges, to Benjamin the dwelling and salthouse etc. in Manningtree (Essex), now… Read more about this item