SYDNEY
(Henry, 1641-1704, Viscount 1689 and Earl of Romney, 1694, Envoy to the Hague, Partisan of William III)
Signature on portion of a Bill submitted to the Lords of the Treasury,
detailing his expenses, including £115 "at the rate of £5 per diem ... being the same that is allowed by the States Generall to the Heer van Amerong[en] their Envoy for the same voyage", also £27 10s for "Waggons, Post horses and coach horses, ships, boats: Porters: &c", van Amerongen was allowed double, and £20 "Interest of mony borrowed for the above occasions", 2 sides 2¾" x 6½", Whitehall, 12th November
lacking top and bottom portions
Item Date:
1691
Stock No:
51641
£125
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TREASURY PAYMENT TO THE PRINCESS DOWAGER OF WALES, WIDOWED MOTHER OF GEORGE III
SYDNEY
(1st Viscount, Thomas Townshend, 1733-1800, Home Secretary under Pitt, Sydney Australia named after him), GEORGE ONSLOW (1731-1814, from 1776 4th Lord) and William DOWDESWELL (1721-1775, MP, leader of the Rockingham Whig faction)
Treasury Document Signed, unusual in being complete, being an Authority to pay
"unto her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, or to her Treasurer for the time being, the Sum of Two Thousand five hundred pounds without account other than such as the said Treasurer may be required to render thereof, to the auditor of the said Princess, the sum being for One Quarter of a year ended the 5th day of Aprill 1766. On the yearly Sum of Ten thousand pounds payable to her said Royal Highness ...", and with an instruction to Townshend to "pay this Order out of Duty on Brandy ..." receipted as paid on the verso and signed by her Treasurer Samuel MARTIN, 2 sides folio, no place, 12th April
slightly trimmed on left hand edge
Item Date:
1766
Stock No:
41001
£475
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TAFT
(Willam Howard, united States President, 1909-1913, Chief Justice, 1921-1930)
Signature on piece,
no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
56093
£225
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THE CISALPINE REPUBLIC IN TROUBLE
TALLEYRAND
(Charles Maurice, Prince de Benevento, 1754-1838, French Statesman under Napoleon)
Document Signed 'Ch. Mau. Talleyrand' to F. SERBELLONI
as Ambassador in Paris of the Cisalpine Republic (sic, Gian Galeazzo SERBELLONI, 1744-1802, First President of the Cisalpine Executive Directory, July 1797, Ambassador, November 1797 - June 1800), in French with translation, informing him that "on learning of the retreat to Chambéry of several members of the Executive Directory and Public Officers of the Cisalpine Republic", the French Directory "has given immediate orders that the National Treasury place 50,000 francs at their disposal ... payable at Chambéry itself to the Cisalpine Directory or to one of its members", with inserted a copy, inscribed "Copy. FS", of a document addressed to Serbelloni, that needs to be presented to the cashier at Chambéry, and with Serbelloni's copy note, that it will be presented by "Citizen Marescalchi", 1 side 4to., Paris, 16th and 18th Prairial, the main document 1 side 4to. and conjugate address leaf, Paris, 16th Prairial Year 7, 4th June
small portion of address leaf caught on opening seal, dividing an 'External Affairs' stamp, and with short closed tear to central fold, all without loss
Item Date:
1799
Stock No:
55538
£1250
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TEBBIT
(Rt. Hon. Norman, b. 1931, M. P., Secretary of State)
Black & White photo signed,
showing him head and shoulders, seated, smiling, 8" x 6", together with an accompanying typed letter from his secretary saying that his "favourite quotation is 'It is a good thing to look ahead, but no further than you can see' - attributable to William Churchill ...", 1 side 8vo., Caxton House, Tothill Street, London, 17th August
Item Date:
1983
Stock No:
4037
£15
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