PORTLAND
(Third Duke of, William H. Cavendish Bentinck, 1738-1809, Prime Minister)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Wm. Sherbrooke Junior
saying he has "obeyed your Commands as far as it was in my power. The Advertisement can not appear till tomorrow morning when it will be inserted in the London Courant & will be published in all the Evening Papers of that & the next day which with the insertion of it in the papers printed both at Nottingham & Leicester & a proper dispersion of Hand Bills in the different Market Towns in the County will render it sufficiently publick. You may depend upon my attendance at Ollerton & most earnest endeavours to procure as large & as Respectable a meeting as the Circumstance of the times will admit & I doubt not the exertions of every Gentleman in the Country for the same purpose by encouraging the well disposed fortifying the timid & obviating the objections of the ... & those who are adverse to this only remaining means of serving the Country. As I see unreasonable events every day I do not wonder at the Sherif'fs Refusal or the effects you apprehend from it, but depend upon the Justice & Excellence of Our Cause in conjunction with the Activity of its Supporters, but We must be active & depend upon it. Faith without Good Works is nothing worth ...", 1 side 4to., London, 6th August
Item Date:
1803
Stock No:
41667
£475
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PORTLAND
(William Bentinck, 1st Earl, 1649-1709, Privy Councillor to William & Mary)
Portion of Exchequer Document signed,
assigning his interest in "the withinmentioned order & tally to Francis Eylet Esq, John Smith of Beauford Buildings of St Andrews ...", 1 side oblong 8vo., with other comtemporary assignments on the verso, no place, 2nd August
trimmed
Item Date:
1704
Stock No:
2652
£65
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PORTSMOUTH
(John, 1742-1797, 2nd Earl)
AN in the third person to Mr. Grenville,
saying he "had not the Favour" of his note "till last Post, or would have acknowledged it sooner", 1 side oblong 8vo., Hursbourne, 10th January
trimmed from the end of a letter
Item Date:
1764
Stock No:
15200
£25
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POULETT
(Sir John, 1663-1743, 4th Baron and 1st Earl, 1st Lord of the Treasury 1710-1711)
Signature on fragment of a Treasury document,
29th August
Item Date:
1710
Stock No:
51653
£25
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POVEY
(Thomas, Secretary for Foreign Plantations, 1657, Treasurer to the Duke of York, and Treasurer for Tangier, 1661, Receiver General of the Revenues out of Africa and America, from c. 1663)
Receipt Signature on fragment of a Treasury Order
to pay £500 to the Earl of Peterborough, as "Commander in cheife of His Ma[jes]t[y]s forces in the kingdomes of Morocco Sus and Fez", being part payment of a total of over £34,000 for the six months 4th December last - 3rd May, and £1000 for his personal use, 1 side 6½" x 5", no date, c.
edges ragged, lacks opening lines and one or two words at beginnings of remaining lines but sense clear
Item Date:
1662
Stock No:
51624
£275
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