BLOCKADE RUNNER AND TURKISH ADMIRAL
HOBART PASHA
(Hon Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, 1822-1886, Admiral in the Turkish Service)
Autograph Letter Signed 'Hobart Pasha' to Thomas Douglas Murray,
(1841-1911, Barrister, amateur Egyptologist and friend of Whistler), thanking him "for your kind souvenirs and good wishes", monogram AHH at head, 17 Berkeley Square, 1 side 8vo, Wednesday 7th April no year but
'regards' in subscription is faint, apparently originally so, elsewhere good
Item Date:
1886
Stock No:
56487
£225
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HODGSON
(Sir Frederic Mitchell, 1851-1925, Colonial Governor)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs. Dicey,
saying that "Boy Sorters (age 15 to 17) and Asst. Letter Carriers are now almost invariably filled up" from "deserving Telegraph Messengers", but sometimes by nomination, and suggesting "Perhaps a telegraph clerkship would suit the lad", he sends a circular about wages and qualifications, "If he has passed at School in the 5th or 6th Standard he would, I should say, be able to get into this office", 4 sides 8vo, Secretary's Office, General Post Office, E.C., 13th April
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
17402
£40
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HODSOLL
(Sir Eric John, 1894-1971, Wing-Commander, Civil Defence Advisor to NATO 1954-1961)
Autograph Letter Signed to Lord Waverley,
(1882-1958, Statesman) commenting on his O.M. "a very special tribute to your tremendous services to the Country; and a gesture on the part of the Queen which is one of these happy things for which she is famous ... I am so much enjoying being here ... and feel that one is able to make some contribution to the great problems facing the alliance. I have all problems of Civil Emergency Planning to watch over, which is a big field", 2 sides 4to., NATO Headquarters headed paper, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, 17th December
Item Date:
1957
Stock No:
12660
£30
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HOPE
(Sir Alexander, 1769-1837, General)
Autograph address front signed to Messrs Greenwood, 21st July
Item Date:
1824
Stock No:
9216
£10
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HOPE
(Sir Alexander, 1769-1837, General)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
complaining that the "stuffing made for my Dickey Box ... is not all what I desired to have" and gives the correct specifications, 1 side 8vo., B. Heath, 1st May
Item Date:
1807
Stock No:
1259
£20
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