TRACTS AND THE CRIMEA
TAYLER
(Rev. Charles Benjamin, 1797-1875, Writer of Religious Manuals for the Young)
Long autograph letter signed to 'My dear Madam',
about his story 'The Soldier', his publisher (Smith & Elder) owns the remaining copies but he has now borrowed one, "to see if it would do for circulation in our army" in the Crimea, he will have to alter "the end about the duel", he is hoping the (Religious) Tract Society will accept "The Password; a Soldier's Tale", written "expressly for our Soldiers", if so he will be "delighted" to send her copies, "Pray remember me ... to Mrs Roberts and Dr Edwards ... Is Lady Caroline still with him?", the Poem sent by his correspondent "does much credit to the young authoress", Dr Camming's sermon "The Place of Duty" draws on "the letters of young Harry Anstruther who was shot through the heart at Alma, and the letters of his sister's husband Captain Kinloch about him. I know the Parents Sir Ralph and Lady Anstruther ... sister to General Torrens, who was also shot through ... at Inkerman ... within an inch and a half of his heart ... but ... is recovering and anxious to go again to the war, as is Sir Ralph's elder son ... home fearfully ill from Varna", talking further of their feelings for son Harry, her correspondent can get copies of "The Soldier" if she writes to Mr Smith, General Egerton's widow told him that "having been in Spain during the war she could testify to ... my descriptions", adding in a P.S. "the death of Chancellor Raikes" (Henry, 1782-1854, nephew of Robert Raikes, the founder of Sunday schools), has been as "of a dearest relation", 8 sides 4½" x 3½", Otley Rectory, near Ipswich, Suffolk, 16th April
Item Date:
1855
Stock No:
54194
£275
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TEMPERLEY
(Harold, 1879-1939, Historian, Professor of Modern History at Cambridge and Master of Peterhouse)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Symms
saying that it "would give us great pleasure to see both you and your boy any time after 3.30 ...", 1 side 8vo., 34 Lensfield Road, Cambridge, 25th June
Item Date:
1925
Stock No:
41181
£45
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TEMPLE
(Frederick, 1821-1902, Bishop of London, 1885-1897, Archbishop of Canterbury, crowned Edward VII)
Signature "F. Londin:"
from a letter, with below, in his hand, "Many many thanks", no place, no date, circa
a little browned without loss
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
54656
£10
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TEMPLE
(Frederick, 1821-1902, Headmaster of Rugby 1857-1869, Archbishop of Canterbury, crowned Edward VII) and 18 other members of his staff at Rugby
Attractive Set of their Signatures,
most with their forms or subjects in red, in two columns, 1 side small 4to, [Rugby], May
tiny closed tear in lower blank margin
Item Date:
1863
Stock No:
56539
£125
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TEMPLE
(Frederick, 1821-1902, from 1896 Archbishop of Canterbury, crowned Edward VII)
Autograph letter signed as Bishop of London, in his vigorous hand,
to John Richardson SELWYN, (1844-1898, Patteson's successor as Bishop of Melanesia, 1877-1892), saying "Is it possible to see you for a very short time before you leave England? I have been putting the matter off in order to get final answer from the Colonial Office about Fiji", and listing his appointments at "the Bounty Board, Dean's Yard" and at the "Ecclesiastical Commission, 10 Whitehall Place", during which he can "see you at any time ... if you send in your card ... This morning I was misdirected and failed to find you", ending "Yours ever", 4 sides 7" x 4½", Fulham Palace, 15th January
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
54216
£75
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