COCKBURN
(Admiral Sir George, M.P., 1772-1853, took Napoleon to St. Helena, Governor there)
Autograph frank signed to Lt. Postle, R.N., in Norwich,
signed also by the historian John Heneage Jesse, 1815-1874, Clerk in the Admiralty, Admiralty, 23rd December
Item Date:
1841
Stock No:
52047
£60
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COCKBURN
(Admiral Sir George, 10th Baronet, 1772-1853, Admiral of the Fleet, took Napoleon to St. Helena and was Governor there)
Fine Signature
over "Vice Admiral and Commander in Chief" in another hand, taken from a document, 4" x 2½", no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
40989
£50
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CODRINGTON
(Sir Edward, 1770-1851, Admiral)
Autograph Letter Signed to Admiral Sir Richard Thomas,
(1777-1857, C-in-C Pacific 1841-1844), saying "You performed the very delicate task ... with great tact & judgment", & congratulating him "as an old friend", with on sides 2 and 3, copies in Thomas' hand of two letters to him, in the first Mr. Pitt Adams, Chargé d'Affaires in Lima, writes "H.M. Govt. have entirely approved all our proceedings at Islay & Arica ... I was ordered to renew as demands the proposals we made to the Supreme Junta at Arequipa ... up to the last moment ... Castilla ... shewed the most strenuous resistance", he lists the British ships "at the ready ..." but at length the Peruvian Government agreed "to every demand, including the apology ... for the language used towards you by the Govr. of Islay", he refers to the same "cordial harmony" with Sir G. Seymour, Thomas' successor (23rd June 1845), in the second Consul-General Miller in Honolulu congratulates him on "not only the good will and affection of these Islanders, but ... the entire approbation of Her Majesty's Government, which I think is ... the most gratifying reward that a good Officer can aspire to" (20th May 1845), together 3 sides 8vo, note by Thomas on 4th side, Bishopsgate Cottage, Chertsey, Lima and Honolulu, 20th May - 20th August
Item Date:
1845
Stock No:
17012
£225
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COFFIN
(Sir Isaac, 1759-1839, M.P., Admiral)
Document signed approving a demand of Boatswain's Stores
"for ... H.M. Ship La Mahonesa", for 10 hundredweight of junk (old rope), and 130 fathoms of rope, signed also by Captain John Giffard, and Michael Sullivan [Boatswain], 1 side 6" x 7½", endorsements on verso, River Tagus, 17th April
left margin trimmed with loss of a few letters (easily supplied)
Item Date:
1798
Stock No:
51797
£125
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THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS' BANQUET AT ST JAMES'S PALACE
COLDSTREAM GUARDS
(raised in August 1650 by General Monck)
Fine Programme of Music by the 'Coldstream Band',
(at the dinner celebrating their 200th Anniversary), printed in gold in a most attractive lacy impressed border, the music (conducted by Charles Godfrey, 1790-1863, bandmaster to the Coldstream Guards for 50 years, father of Daniel and grandfather of Sir Dan Godfrey), including a 'Valse et Galop de Fascination' from 'Alina' by Gounod, a selection from Mozart's Figaro, a waltz, 'Les Plaisirs du Bal', by Mrs. A. Woodford, (Charlotte Mary Ann, née Fraser, d. 1870), and ending with a 'Double March Composed by H.R.H. the Princess Mary of Cambridge', (Mary Adelaide, 1833-1897, mother of Queen Mary), 1 side 9" x 7½" and conjugate blank, St James's Palace, 22nd May
in fine condition
Item Date:
1850
Stock No:
56433
£275
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