ref. 15872On letterhead of Rydal House Grosvenor Road Leeds. 12 January 1928. 3pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. He thanks him for his letter and is pleased to be remembered. 'I have the pleasantest recollections of your kindness and courtesy to an obscure junior and I look back with very pleasant feelings too to the five happy years I spent as a member of the British Museum staff.' He is sorry at the thought of the 'many honored figures' who are no longer there but hopes 'still to find one or two who remember me'. He continues with references to the recipient's 'occasional articles in "Notes and Queries"' and to his 'reminiscence of the good old Quaker miller'. He sometimes meets 'Pollard & J. A. Herbert . at a little religious discussion society' but 'too seldom' meets with 'other old B.M. Colleagues'. On letterhead of Rydal House, Grosvenor Road, Leeds. 12 January 1928. unknown
ref. 16301Undated late eighteenth century. London address on reverse. The card is 6 x 8 cm with the engraved image of the Basilica 5 x 7 cm within a ruled border with 'Sr. John Goodricke' in copperplate in a cartouche at the foot. In fair condition aged and lightly ruckled and spotted. In a contemporary hand on the reverse: 'No 9 Somerset Street. Portman Square'. An attractive and unusual item. Goodricke's connection with St Peter's is unclear but a common feature shared with Bramham Park is the presence of an obelisk. Goodricke's son was the noted 'deaf astronomer' John Goodricke 1764-1786. Undated (late eighteenth century). London address on reverse. unknown
ref. 16045Rathescar Dunleer Ireland. 19 January 1830. 2pp. 4to. Bifolium. Docketed on reverse of second leaf. In fair condition on lightly aged and worn paper with one dog-eared corner. He has received Wallich's letter and thanks him for his 'great kindness in attending so effectively to my request'. Docketed in a small contemporary hand at head of first page. Rathescar, Dunleer [Ireland]. 19 January 1830. unknown
ref. 12938'Merton' i.e. Merton Hall near Thetford Norfolk. 15 December no year. 2pp. 4to. Bifolium. Fair on aged paper. De Grey begins: 'You have very much obliged me by accepting a small Present of Game and many of my neighbours as well as myself will rejoyce in your Correspondent supplying me with a pipe of Port and a Hogshead of Calcavalla sic if a Hogshead of Sherry could be procured without any additional trouble it would add to the Obligation'. If the wines 'cannot be assign'd to Mr <Cliden> Merchant at Lynn they must be sent from the Port of London by Archers Newmarket Waggon and left at Hilborough: Mr Chamberlayne of Downing Street will immediately discharge your Correspondents Demands.' The letter concludes with the usual formal flourish. 'Merton' [i.e. Merton Hall, near Thetford, Norfolk]. 15 December [no year]. unknown
ref. 12934Temple London. 19 March 1853. 1p. 12mo. With mourning border. In fair condition on aged paper. The note reads: 'Temple 19 March 1853 My dear Captain Manby Many thanks for your letter. I did not find your book within it but shall be very happy to receive and read it as I am everything of the kind emanating from you Believe me very truly yours Fitzroy Kelly Captn Manby R.N.' Temple [London]. 19 March 1853. unknown
ref. 12682On letterhead of the House of Commons Library 8 May 1877. 2pp. 12mo. On bifolium with mourning border. Very good on lightly-aged paper. He will be 'very happy if it suits the Committee to present a Cup somewhat similar to that they accepted fm me last year - as the Paxton Cup.' He prefers to leave the conditions to them and asks for 'due notice when the time of the Regatta is fixed'. On letterhead of the House of Commons Library, 8 May 1877. unknown
ref. 13027Ollantigh sic. 29 December 1772. 2pp. 4to. 31 lines of text. Good on lightly-aged paper but the first leaf of the letter only. He writes that he is pleased to receive a letter from Erskine 'your Lordship' after 'so long an interruption'. 'I forebore till I had heard from you to take the liberty of congratulating you upon your Marriage' Erskine had married the previous October. The second page ends: 'I have never been able to learn whether your Good Mother Lady Buchan was in England or not. Your younger Brother lives in my Neighbourhood I paid a visit to Mrs Ersky<ne> but never recievd any in return either from her .'. Ollantigh [sic]. 29 December 1772. unknown
ref. 13463Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer London. 22 January 1707. 1p. small 4to. On aged and lightly damp-stained paper with wear and closed tear to extremities. Three counter-signatures in bottom left-hand corner faded with damp. The document begins with manuscript additions in square brackets: 'Record 15 Janry 1707 Numb. 1040 The 22nd Day of January 1707 Received then by me Cha: Godolphin by Order dated the 10 Day of ffebry 1704 of the Honourable Francis Robartes Esq; One of the Four Tellers of the Receipt of Her Majesty's Exchequer the Sum of Twelve pounds Eight Shillings 2 1/2 being for Twelve Months Annuity due the 27 Day of Decr 1707'. Signed at bottom right hand. [Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer, London.] 22 January 1707. unknown
ref. 13837King's Lynn Norfolk. 18 July 1847. 2pp. 12mo. In fair condition on aged and worn paper. Headed 'To the Independent Electors of the Borough of King's Lynn' and beginning: 'Gentlemen I have canvassed the constituency of your Town as an Independent candidate who as your representative supported in the last Parliament the measures of Sir Robert Peel's administration.' He thanks 'the Electors at large' for 'the courtesy with which I have been invariably received' and also 'that overwhelming majority of their body who have honored me with promises of support'. He hopes that they will 'favor me with their presence at the Town Hall on Friday next at 10 o'clock'. King's Lynn, Norfolk. 18 July 1847. unknown
ref. 14135Ombersley Worcestershire. 14 September 1758. 2pp. small 4to. In fair condition on aged paper with slight loss to one edge. He begins: 'Sr! I wrote to you a Post or two ago to desire you to send me Voyage de M. Condamine sur la Riviere des Amazons impr. a Paris en 1745. If you have it not in your Shop Pray enquire for it & send it to me at Ombersley near Worcester: and I wish you would inform me if M. Condamine or any of his company that went with him to Peru have publish'd any other account of any part of their Expedition I have read Don Ant. Ulloa's Voyage to those parts but desire to know whether any voyage was publish'd by the French excepting the Voy. sur la R. des Am. above-mentioned' He concludes by enquiring about another book and 'the old Mathematical Books I desir'd you to enquire after for me'. Ombersley [Worcestershire]. 14 September 1758. unknown
ref. 13978From the Waterloo Hotel on his crested letterhead. 10 June 1863. 4pp. 12mo. Bifolium with mourning border. In good condition on lightly-aged paper with slight traces of glue from mount along one edge. A hurried letter illegible at points. 'You will see the name of yr. respectable <friend> at the end of the enclosed Petition from My Own Hand. She has no right to refer to me for any further knowledge of herself and her husband or his position of art - than that of my having understood him to be an artist in a state of much distress labouring under loss or decay of sight & that I for some years I might almost <> I gave him occasional relief. <> That has ceased now for a very long time. I think he must have been long dead but I have an impression that I ceased to meet his or rather her applications at last for some other cause -'. He concludes by asking for the return of papers and stating that he will not be able to meet the recipient 'at the exhibition'. From the Waterloo Hotel, on his crested letterhead. 10 June 1863. unknown
ref. 14919'Longnor' Longnor Hall Shropshire. 4 June 1890. The two items relate to the book 'An Old Coachman's Chatter with Some Practical Remarks on Driving. By a Semi-Professional. Edward Corbett Colonel late Shropshire Militia.'London: Richard Bentley and Son 1890. Both the letter and the proofs are in good condition on lightly-aged paper. LETTER: 3pp. 12mo. Bifolium. 34 lines of text in a particularly difficult hand. He will endeavour to 'throw all the light' he can on the subjects mentioned in his correspondent's letter beginning:: 'I think the time between Cape Curig & Holyhead must be correct. The distance is 40 miles & the time allowed 3h 53m which is just about what would be required.' After a paragraph discussing the '2d & 3d tables' he writes: 'I dont know where you have got these Tables from but in the Post Office Directory from which I supplied the list & rates no Famouth mail was given only one to Exeter & another through Exeter to Devonport. Please see my remarks at the bottom of the table.' He concludes: 'Would it not be interesting to the public especially now at the jubilee of the penny post to insert a Table giving the rates of postage in olden days If so I have a copy of "Pattersons sic roads" which gives one & which I could sent to you to be copied.' PROOF: 3pp. 12mo. Bifolium. The first page in two columns is headed '1837. Scotch Mails. DOWN.' The second page is headed '1837. Irish Mails. DOWN'. The third page printed lengthwise is headed 'Western and Foreign Mails. - 1837. - Up and Down.' 'Longnor' [Longnor Hall, Shropshire]. 4 June 1890. unknown
ref. 14313Both from Treasury Chambers London. 12 December 1805 and 24 January 1806. Both documents 1p. folio. Both in good condition on lightly-aged laid paper the first with pin-holes from its attachment to another item. The first letter relates to 'the Expences incurred in constructing the Royal Military Canal' with reference to a 'Letter from Sir Brook. Watson Bt' and 'Lieut. Col. Brown's Accounts for expenditure'. The second letter again deals with communications from Watson and Brown the latter 'enclosing Accounts & Vouchers for the Expenditure on the Royal Military Canal & Rampart'. The Royal Military Canal conceived by Lieutenant-Colonel John Brown as a defence against invasion runs for 28 miles between Seabrook near Folkestone and Cliff End near Hastings. In mid-1805 due to the slow progress of the work the contractors and consultant engineer John Rennie had been dismissed and replaced by the Quartermaster-General’s department with Brown in command. Both from Treasury Chambers [London]. 12 December 1805 and 24 January 1806. unknown
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ref. 1094112 August 1831; Manchester Buildings Westminster. 12mo 2 pp. 24 lines. Text clear and complete. He finds 'upon reconsideration' that the conversation he referred to that afternoon took place two days later and regrets that he gave Barrow 'the unnecessary trouble of sending for papers in error; & possibly attributing an inattention to the Gentleman employed at the time as a Reporter'. If there is any 'Sketch of the Debate in question' in the 'Mirror of Parliament' Inglis 'expects to see it: - if none be given He encloses a sketch of what he believes himself to have said; with a memory of something said by Mr Grattan & Mr Spring Rice.' Dickens worked on Barrow's staff at the 'Mirror of Parliament' for four years in the 1830s. 12 August 1831; Manchester Buildings, Westminster. unknown
ref. 109733 April 1840; on letterhead of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland Sussex Chambers Duke Street St. James's. 12mo 3 pp. Text clear and complete. Worn and aged with pinholes and unobtrusive repair to closed tears. The 'kindness' Wyld has 'always shewn to the Poles' makes Stuart sure that he will attend to his recommendation of 'Captain Thadeus Grubski one of the Polish Refugees who bears a very high character'. By employing him Wyld would 'render an essential service to a deserving man much in need of it and confer a favor as well on this association in general' and on Stuart in particular. 3 April 1840; on letterhead of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, Sussex Chambers, Duke Street, St. James's. unknown
ref. 1097228 February 1859; Hastings. 12mo 4 pp. 64 lines. Text clear and complete. Good on lightly-aged paper. He was 'mistaken about the Marylebone Election - Having been a prisoner so much lately' he had 'not seen many electors & those whom I saw thought it was too late & regretted to see a split in the liberal party'. He 'did not influence a single vote being too unwell to take any part in it'. He 'left town to escape the excitement'. He has 'already troubled our new Representative with a little Parliamentary Business' and is sending Wyld 'some documents on the same subject by the Book post'. He hopes to be in London in the next few days and hopes to have 'a few minutes conversation . to whisper any explanation that may be required'. He lists the documents which include 'the Pharmaceutical Journal for March with two articles on the Sale of Poisons Bill. the first & second articles -' and 'a circular sent by the Poison Committee of the Pharml. Society to our correspondents in the Country'. 'Mr. Walpole declines to insert certain clauses in his Bill reserving that part of the question for another Bill which I fear will not be passed during the remains of my life'. In December 1854 Bell had stood unsuccessfully in the Liberal interest at a by-election for the borough of Marylebone. 28 February 1859; Hastings. unknown
ref. 12201Whitehall Place London; 3 February 1817. 3pp. 12mo. 27 lines. Fair on aged paper with some closed tears along crease lines. Huskisson informs Morley that as long as 'Mr Wilbraham a member of one of the biggest landowning families in Cheshire will use his utmost endeavours to keep down and destroy Hares and Rabbits in the Crown Plantations of Delamere Forest the Deputy Surveyor shall be instructed not to oppose any obstacle to his arrangements for the prevention of the winged Game and to co:operate with Him in preventing other Persons from trespassing in the said Inclosures for the purpose of its destruction.' He concludes by stating that the Board may take its own steps 'for the destruction of Hares and Rabbits'. Whitehall Place [London]; 3 February 1817. unknown
ref. 12132Enniskillen. 16 August 1924. 1p. 4to. Eighteen lines. On creased and lightly-aged paper. On 21 February 1924 in the House of Commons Lansbury 'asked the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been called to the fact that the Officers' Association have sent in a claim to the Army Council for compensation on behalf of Lieutenant C. H. Glendinning 3rd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles on the grounds of the false imprisonment conspiracy and persecution to which this officer was subjected whilst serving in India during 1917'. Giving the recipient's name as 'Glendining' twice Healy considers that if Lansbury would put a 'further question' to the Secretary for War on his behalf 'perhaps he will do something'. He continues: 'Did Mr. L. let you see the dossier they sent him - a sort of precise sic of your case. It was I think the Sec of State for War's summary to his Majesty. It was dead against you and rather unfair I thought. It was marked "private" and Lord Bentinck and I got other copies. The non-delivery of papers is not much help to your case I fear - I mean letters dealing with that aspect.' He concludes by saying that he is 'surprised at the result of the Welsh inquiry for I thought he meant to do justice to you. Evidently the forces within his department were stronger than he.' Enniskillen. 16 August 1924. unknown
