BROKE
(Sir Philip Bowes Vere, 1st Baronet, 1776-1841, Rear-Admiral in the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Admiral'
saying that “Lady Broke is still confined to her bed - I am happy to say she does not suffer so much as she has done. If she remains weary I shall perhaps bring my two young... to you... though my coming must be so uncertain that I would not undertake the honorable charge of Steward but am happy to see those posts are so respectably filled - I hope it will be a brilliant meeting. I only tell you this to show I am as loyal as I can be...” with a postscript that “Mrs Manton had kindly offered to chaperone my girls, if they should go...”, 2 sides 8vo., no place, Sunday, dated in another hand 21st April
Item Date:
1828
Stock No:
42893
£225
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BROTHERTON
(Sir Thomas William, 1785-1868, General, served in Egypt and the Peninsula)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Sir',
accepting for "the Tea Party ... of the Bolton Anti Corn Law League", 1 side 8vo., Broughton, Manchester, 12th December
Item Date:
1842
Stock No:
51961
£75
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BROUNCKER
(Sir William, Viscount, 1620-1684, Commissioner for the Admiralty, Mathematician, 1st President of the Royal Society 1662, helped Charles II design a yacht)
Fine Autograph document signed
requesting a "tally of Assignement may be struck ..." for the Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1657, Thomas Turvey "for the said Sheriffe upon his Accompt for the same yeare for the said summe of six pounds - witnes my hand this xviii the day of December 1661", 1 side 4to., no place, 19th December
Item Date:
1661
Stock No:
39739
£275
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BROWN
(Robert, Sergeant Major, 1st Regiment R.E.I.V.)
Document signed
recording the depositions of Sergt. John Pronton, Sergt. James Newbury, and the statements of Mr Keefe, Landlord of the Thistle & Crown, Billet Lane, and Corporal James Dunn, concerning the abusive language and drunken behaviour of Sergt. Rippon, Light Infantryman, on one occasion Rippon's unsheathed sword was "carried to the Bar and left there for a Gallon of Beer", the Landlord refused to accept it and it remained there three days, meanwhile Rippon threw "his Sash & Sword Belt" on the floor, whereupon Dunn saw "some of the men twist the Sash round him and pull him about the room", Rippon boasted of drinking "ten glasses of spirits that morning", 1 side folio, no place, 31st January
Item Date:
1800
Stock No:
51962
£175
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BRUCE
(Sir Henry Harvey, 1862-1948, Admiral)
Fine signature from end of Autograph Letter Signed,
traces of mounting on verso
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
11392
£10
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