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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)
by JOWETT
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Calne, Wiltshire, GBR
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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 Item Price
€83.32
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Griffiths (Benjamin, 1817-1893, from 1855 Regius Professor of Greek, from 1870 Master of Balliol College, Oxford)
by JOWETT
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Calne, Wiltshire, GBR
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€104.15
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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His Visiting card signed (Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917, Lawyer and Orator, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain 1899-1905)
by CHOATE
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€62.49
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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 Item Price
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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)
by CARPENTER
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Group of 1 Autograph Letter Signed and 2 Signed Receipts to his Banker John PALTOCK (John Campbell, c. 1693-1770, from 1761 4th Duke)
by ARGYLL
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Calne, Wiltshire, GBR
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€798.46
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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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)
by ELIOT
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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Autograph Letter Signed to Horace, (Joseph Hodges, 1832-1917, Lawyer and Orator, U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain 1899-1905)
by CHOATE
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€90.26
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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 Item Price
€90.26
Signatures on portion of a document, (Slingsby, Lord Mayor of London 1755-1756) and MORETON (William, d. 1763, from 1753 Recorder of London)
by BETHELL
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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 Item Price
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Remarkable letter to Lord Waverley (Lionel, 1898-1984, Professor of Economics at the LSE 1929-1961, Life Peer)
by ROBBINS
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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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)
by BETHELL
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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 Item Price
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Autograph Letter in the third person to John Ebers in Bond Street, (Sir Thomas, 1763-1838, Bailly of Jersey)
by LE BRETON
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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… Read more about this item Item Price
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