WAVELL
(Eugénie, wife, 1915, of Field-Marshal Archibald, 1st Earl Wavell)
Autograph Letter Signed to Ava, 1896-1974, wife of Sir John Anderson, Viscount Waverley,
thanking her for asking her to Die Valküre, "I cant think how that tenor sang so gloriously with a temperature", in Valhalla "no God could use a hankie", since then she has had a conference about Service men's families followed by "many happy hours at the Horse Show", 3 sides 8vo, International Sportsmen's Club, Upper Grosvenor Street, W.1., 13th October
Item Date:
1957
Stock No:
52741
£25
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WAVELL
(Earl, Archibald, 1883-1950, Field Marshal, Viceroy of India, Supreme Commander in India and Burma)
Good Magazine photo signed “Wavell F.M.”
showing him seated cross legged reading a newspaper, wearing civilian clothes, 8½” x 6½”, no place, no date,
laid down on card
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
42177
£275
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GOING HOME FROM THE CRIMEA
WEARE
(Sir Henry Edwin, 1825-1898, Lieutenant General)
Autograph letter signed to 'My dear Angle',
saying he is "going by the Mail tomorrow" and asking him "like a good fellow" to "redirect any letters ... to Barham Rectory, Canterbury", where his wife Charlotte's father, Canon Oxenden, was Rector, "Any Papers & there will be some by each Mail you can take to yourself ... Can I do anything for you in England 1 line to me will meet with my best endeavour ... Some of my things may come down ... on Board the Mail directed to the Commandant here, could you give your letter Sergeant orders to ask on board" for redirecting, "I return you the book you kindly lent me with many thanks", 'O[ffice] of the C[ommandant]', Crimea, 3 sides 8" x 5", '19th' no date, circa
trifling defects and light folds in outer margins without loss
Item Date:
1854
Stock No:
54198
£150
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WELLINGTON
(Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Field Marshal & Statesman)
Autograph Letter in the third person to the Duchess of KENT,
(1786-1861, Queen Victoria's mother), saying he "presents His Duty to Your Royal Highness, He sends Your Royal Highness a large Flacon filled with the Mixture for Your Royal Highness Eyes", adding "If your Royal Highness will send him the other one, He will have it filled and returned to Your Royal Highness", ending "Which is entrusted to Your Royal Highness by Your Royal Highness most devoted Servant", 1 side 8vo., London, 10th November 'Morning',
(Transcription)
London Nov 10th 1849 Morning
Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents His Duty to Your Royal Highness.
He sends Your Royal Highness a large Flacon filled with the Mixture for Your Royal Highness Eyes. If your Royal Highness will send him the other one, He will have it filled and returned to Your Royal Highness.
Which is entrusted to Your Royal Highness by Your Royal Highness most devoted Servant Wellington
Her Royal Highness
The Duchess of Kent
Item Date:
1849
Stock No:
56205
£275
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WELLINGTON
(Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Field Marshal & Statesman)
Draft Autograph Letter in the third person, with transcription, to Mr Bell,
saying he has received "the Memorial [to] the Queen of Mr Roades and other Inhabitants of Clonmell on the want in the Province of Upper Canada of the Means of Religious Instruction", explaining that "he has no immediate relation with the Town of Clonmell" nor "acquaintance with any of them", and therefore could not answer in the House of Lords "any observations made ... upon their Memorial", similarly if he were to approach the Queen at Court, "The Duke earnestly recommends that they should entrust ... the Memorial herewith returned, to some Noble Member of the House who has the Advantage of being acquainted with them", he has deleted this last suggestion (nearly a page) and replaced it with "some Gentleman ... or some Member who can advise the Queen as to an answer", 3 sides 8vo., London, 13th March
torn but carefully mended with old transparent tape without loss
Item Date:
1838
Stock No:
51599
£175
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