WELLINGTON
(Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Field Marshal & Statesman)
Autograph Cheque signed on Messrs Coutts & Company's printed form
at 59 Strand, to pay "W. C. Collier ... three hundred and fifty five pounds sixteen shillings and eight pence sterling", the sum also in figures, engraved with manuscript additions, 3½" x 7", London, 26th October
Item Date:
1851
Stock No:
41096
£375
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WESTON
(Dame Agnes Elizabeth, 1840-1918, founder, 1876, of the Royal Sailors' Rest, Portsmouth)
Autograph letter signed to Captain Thomas Suckling (1844-1922),
of Highwood Lodge, Romsey, saying that "A Mrs. Tickell writes to ask me to help in her self & husband going out to Melbourne. It seems a sad case & if you can recommend it I shall be glad to send something ... Have you nearly got the money? ... Mrs Tickell gave your name as a Referee", blue embossed anchor in heading, 2 sides card 3½" x 4½", Sailors' Rest, Portsmouth, 9th November
Item Date:
1889
Stock No:
53532
£45
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WETHERELL
(Sir Charles, 1770-1846, Attorney-General, Recorder of Bristol, successfully defended the agitator James Watson for high treason, 1817)
Portrait, engraved by H.B. Hall after Moore,
showing him seated, half length, with a penetrating look, 11½" x 8½", London,
Item Date:
1837
Stock No:
50104
£35
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WHEWELL
(William, 1794-1866, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, Philosopher & Historian of Science)
Autograph Letter Signed to Rev. C. MERIVALE
(Charles, 1808-1893, Historian, from 1863 Dean of Ely) saying that he is "most gratified by your recollecting me among your friends and sending me a copy of your translation of Keats's Hyperion. I shall read it with much interest. I was sorry that we were absent from Cambridge when you were there, and so saw so little of you. There are several matters I should have liked to talk over with you ...", 2 sides 8vo., Trin. Lodge, 25th March
Item Date:
1862
Stock No:
40650
£125
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WHIGHAM
(General Robert Dundas, 1865-1950, Deputy C.I.G.S. 1916-1918, Adjutant General at the War Office, and C-in-C Eastern Command)
Signature from the end of a letter,
with his writing on verso, on piece 5" x 5¼", in envelope in another hand, no place, no date, c.
Item Date:
1920
Stock No:
50713
£15
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