HOWDEN
(Sir John Hobart Caradoc, 1799-1873, M.P., Lieutenant-General, Diplomat, 2nd Baron)
Autograph Note Signed
accepting "with pleasure your kind invitation to dinner today", 'Tuesday', no place, date in another hand
Item Date:
1833
Stock No:
20084
£25
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PASSPORT FOR CAPTAIN RICHARD O'BRIEN in 1795
HUMPHREYS
(David, 1752-1818, American Colonel of the Revolutionary War, and aide de camp to George Washington)
Autograph Passport Document Signed "to all concerned to whom these Presents shall come ..."
in his capacity as American Minister to Portugal, concerning "Captn Richard O'Brien, a citizen of the United States of America hath signified his intention of going to London & other Places on his lawful concerns. These are therefore to pray all concerned that he may be permitted to pass, without any let, hindrance or molestation, but on the contrary that all aid & assistance he shall have occasion for may be accorded to him. This passport to be in force for nine months ...", 1 side 4to., Lisbon, 22nd December 1795 with an annotation at the bottom in the hand of Samuel G. OLMSTEAD, an American Autograph Collector, together with an Autograph Letter Signed by Olmsteadgiving detais about Humphreys, it states that "General David Humphreys was born at Derby, Connecticut ... He graduated at Yale College ... He was aid to Putnam, Greene & Washington. He lived for many years on the most intimate terms in Washington's Family. He was a Poet of consideable notoriety. Was Minister to Portugal & afterwards to Spain ...", 1 side 4to., New York, 29th April 1856,
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
38385
£1250
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FROM QUEBEC TO MADEIRA
HUNT
(Captain Thomas, of the Aurora, bound for Madeira)
Attractive Bill of Lading
for "Four Hundred & Twenty Five Pipes, Three Hundred & Thirty Hogsheads, and Three Hundred & Fifty Quarter Cash White Oak Packs being numbered and marked as in the Margin", consigned by Lester & Morrogh, "to be delivered in the like good order ... (all ... dangers ... of the seas and of navigation ... excepted)", to "Messrs Newton Gordon & Murdoch" in Madeira, with the details of the freight charges "payable in Bills on London at par", pleasing woodcut of a ship at the head, printed with manuscript additions, 7½" x 9½", the Aurora "now riding at Anchor in the Harbor of Quebec", 25th October
Item Date:
1800
Stock No:
56119
£245
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