THE REVIVED PRIVY COUNCIL
POWLE
(Henry, 1630-1692, Master of the Rolls, Speaker of the Convention Parliament that prepared for William III's accession)
Signature on the Itemized Account for the [Privy] "Council Chamber",
including salary to Benjamin Coling and Nathaniel Cox, keepers, "for supplying Fire and Candle there", with payments to messengers, a servant and cleaning woman, "Office-rent for two Rooms in Scotland Yard ... Stationary ware as Paper, Pens, Ink, Sand Wax, Tape, binding of books", an extra clerk, there is no charge for "Postage of Letters, Fire and Candle", being the lower half of a ledger page, ruled in red, and signed on the verso, 2 sides 9" x 5¼", no place, no date, c.
one or two marginal tears
Item Date:
1680
Stock No:
51409
£175
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POWNALL
(Thomas, 1722-1805, ‘Governor Pownall’, Politician, Lieutenant Governor New Jersey, Governor of Massachusetts Bay and South Carolina) & Charles Wolfran CORNWALL (1735-1789, Speaker of the House of Commons)
Letter signed by the above and David Cuthbert to Charles JENKINSON
(1729-1808, Lord of the Treasury) replying to an enquiry from the Treasury Commissioners “referring to Us the annex'd Memorial of Nicholas Magens, directing us to Examine the Certificate... & to report to you... whether the said certificate has been duly granted, & whether it is the Property of Persons accused or suspected of Fraud...” giving the answers that the certificate had been officially granted and “it does not appear to us that Casimir Bilgen, in whose favour the certificate was granted, is among the number of Persons accused or suspected of Fraud... the said certificate amounting to the sum of Twenty four Thousand Eight hundred & forty five Ducats, one Rixdollar, nine mariengros & two pfg, the Ducat at two & three quarters, ought to be satisfied...”, 2 side folio, Scotland Yard, 3rd November
Item Date:
1763
Stock No:
2665
£300
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POYNTZ
(John, 5th Earl Spencer, 1835-1910, Liberal Statesman)
Signature & inscription "Yrs truly"
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
8380
£10
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POYNTZ
(John, 5th Earl Spencer, 1835-1910, Liberal Statesman)
Signature & inscription "Yrs truly"
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
8381
£10
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POZZO DI BORGO
(Carlo Andrea, 1764-1842, Corsican-born Diplomat, Russian Ambassador to London 1834-1839)
Autograph letter in French with translation, signed, to a Knight
or Baronet, ('M. Le Chevalier'), replying to his letter of the 30th, "about making a gift to the Emperor of an Arab Horse belonging to you, as a token of your devotion to His Imperial Majesty", Nikolai I, regretting that he "would not be able to accept this gift ... without being expressly authorized to do so", 1 side 4to. gilt-edged and conjugate blank, Ashburnham House, 3rd September
Item Date:
1838
Stock No:
14404
£75
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