SPY’S REPORT WRITTEN TO THE CHIEF CLERK AT BOW STREET STATION
STAFFORD
(John, 1766-1837, Chief Clerk at Bow Street Police Station)
Formal Letter written to Stafford
regretting to “be obliged to inform him, that he has not been able to get the smallest tidings of neither his pipe, not his two doubly barel guns - vague suspicions rest... upon his servant martin... arrising from the following circumstances. When martin about april returned... and had delivered to the general jewels and other effects, the genl asked him what was become of his gold watch? He at first answered it had been stolen with other things of the generals by Capt Wellington, but when the general press’d him on the subject, telling him he would inquire of Capt Smith...” continuing at considerable length about the circumstances and his suspicions, ending that “Mrs Richardson will in the course of a day or two come to town and call herself on Mr Staffor and explain further circumstances if such occur and if thought advisable request Mr Stafford to send an officer down to Rosemau to investigate the particulars at Rosenau...”, 2 sides 4to., with integral autograph address leaf, Rosenau near Windsor, 7th August
Item Date:
1810
Stock No:
41853
£575
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STAMER
(Sir Lovelace Tomlinson, 1829-1908, Bishop of Shrewsbury 1888-1905, 3rd Bart.)
Signed postcard photo,
20th July
newspaper cutting attached at front corner
Item Date:
1904
Stock No:
50338
£25
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LINES ON THE RECOVERY OF PRINCE LEOPOLD
[STANLEY
(Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881, Dean of Westminster from 1864)]
Printed Poem
Titled "Lines written on the Recovery of Prince Leopold from his severe illness in February 1875" with a manuscript title at the head "The Untravelled Traveller", starting "When brothers part for manhood's race, / And gladly seek from year to year, / From scene to scene, from place to place, / the wonders of each opening sphere, / Is there no venturous path in store, / To undiscovered haunt or shore, / For him whom Fate forbade to roam, / The untravelled traveller at home? ..." with a further seven verses on 3 sides 4to., no place, no date but
Item Date:
1875
Stock No:
40709
£125
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STANLEY
(Lady Augusta, 1822-1876, Daughter of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl Elgin and wife of Arthur P Stanley, 1815-1881, Dean of Westminster, Theological Writer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Dovesdaile (?)
saying the “The Dean has much pleasure in sending you the enclosed...”, 1 side 8vo., Deanery, Westminster on headed mourning paper, 13th January
Item Date:
1868
Stock No:
42523
£75
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STANLEY
(Arthur P., 1815-1881, Dean of Westminster and Theological Writer)
Autograph envelope front signed, addressed to M. March, Marlborough, postmarked 3rd April
Item Date:
1858
Stock No:
8638
£10
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