SKINNER
(William, 1700-1780, from 1757 Chief Engineer of Great Britain, Lieutenant General)
LS to Thomas Thoroton, 1723-1784, M.P.,
Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, begging him, following "the Death of the Two Gentlemen last sent to Senegal", to mention "my Grandson to the Master General [Granby] to suceed as a practitioner Engineer", hoping that his own "above fifty Year's Service and some year's Chief of the Corp's may have some little merit" towards his claim, the candidate's father "Died a Capt. on the Expedition to the West India Islands", and recalling that "his Lordship gave me some hopes on the last Vaccancy", 1 side folio, Greenwich, 16th December
Item Date:
1769
Stock No:
20041
£45
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SMITH PETITIONS FOR A CURACY ON BEHALF OF A NAVAL CHAPLAIN WHO HE HAD SERVED WITH IN THE NEAR EAST
SMITH
(Sir William Sidney, 1764-1840, Admiral )
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to "Dear Sir", HRH the Duke of CUMBERLAND
telling him that "The Chaplain late of the Tigre who was with me in the Levant (the Reverend David Lloyd) having applied to me to use my good offices towards his obtaining the living of Binfield near Windsor which has been asked of the Chancellor for him. I consider I cannot serve him better than by begging the favour of your Royal Highness to let the King know that Mr Lloyd is a man of exemplary conduct & morals, assiduous & correct in the exercise of his professional duties with a regular classical education; he took his degrees at Oxford and has had an opportunity which rarely can occur of comparing the evidences of the Christian religion contained in Holy Writ with those of tradition and local circumstances in the Holy land during the military operations in Syria & Egypt. I am persuaded more need not be said to induce his Majesty to think favourably of Mr Lloyd, I have thought it incumbent on me to say this much in his favour from my knowledge of his merits & fitness for the situation in every respect, he is unprovided for in his profession at present and I trust my anxious desire to see a fellow labourer better employed than he can be at present in a country curacy will plead my excuse for this intrusion on your Royal Highness ...", 4 sides 4to., Upper Seymour Street, London, 19th August
small piece removed from a blank part of the second sheet
Item Date:
1804
Stock No:
41576
£775
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SOAMES
(Baroness Mary, born 1922, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, wife of Christopher, M.P. and Life Baron)
Autograph Letter signed on a coloured postcard to an unnamed correspondent
thanking them for their letter and saying that she "did get a video-cassette of the TFI program: How very shabby and mingy of Mons GOULEY not to have sent you one, AND a large case of champagne (or some other elegant attention!). I'm glad 'your' ... was all right & did not shame you! We are just finishing a blissful 10 days divided between Paris & la Normandie (including a visit to this fascinating place) ...", 1 side postcard with a picture of the kitchen in the Claude Monet Museum in Giverny, Giverny, 5th June
Item Date:
1982
Stock No:
40549
£75
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SOULT
(Nicolas Jean de Dieu, 1769-1851, Napoleon I’s Marshal, Duke of Dalmatia)
Letter in French (with translation), signed ‘M[aréch]al Duc de Dalmatie’ as Minister of War to M. Bequet, Civil Commissary at Cherchel, Algeria,
concerning a collection at Cherchel “of objects of art and archaeology worthy, in your opinion, of a place in the Louvre Museum, where, in accordance with the King’s wishes, the monuments collected in Algeria by Captain Delamare, and the mosaic of Koudiat-ati, have just been assembled”, telling him that he “has just given orders for a detailed catalogue... together with drawings of the principal items... this information... will be forwarded to the Algerian Academic Commission, in the light of whose proposals I will make my decision”, 2 sides 4to., with conjugate blank, Soult-berg, near St. Amans-la-bastide (Tarn), 17th August
Item Date:
1845
Stock No:
9951
£425
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SOULT
(Nicolas Jean de Dieu, 1769-1851, Napoleon I's Marshal, Duke of Dalmatia)
Fine Letter Signed 'M[aréch]al Duc de Dalmatie' as Minister of War, in French (with translation),
informing "Méry de la Canorgne ... Captain Mayor-adjutant of the native Riflemen Battalion of Oran, that by Ordinance of the 27th of this month, the King appointed him Knight of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honor ...", 1 side folio, Paris, 28th November
Item Date:
1844
Stock No:
40016
£375
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