THE ORIGINAL NATIONAL DEBT
DETHICK
(Edmund)
Fine Receipt Document Signed to the Exchequer for £7, being 3 months' Annuity
due at "Midsummer last past", on £200 advanced to the Exchequer on 9th February 1693 (new style 1694) "towards carrying on a Vigorous War against France", printed with MS additions and original corrections, 1 side 14½" x 9½", the receipt 31st October
Item Date:
1702
Stock No:
51645
£475
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THE INTERNATIONAL POSTAL UNION
[DEUCHER
(Adolf, 1831-1912, President of Switzerland, 1903)]
Finely lithographed document, with facsimile signatures,
in French with translation, to the Foreign Minister of Peru (José Pardo), forwarding "the report of the jury [not present] that we had appointed to judge the projects submitted to international competition to commemorate the setting up of the Universal Postal Union", signed in facsimile also by Gottlieb Ringier, 1837-1929, Chancellor 1882-1909, lithographed with MS insertions, 1 side 14¼" x 9", Berne, 13th November
Item Date:
1903
Stock No:
52372
£75
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DEVON
(William Reginald Courtney, 1807-1888, M.P., from 1859 11th Earl of)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Sir',
saying he "shall be very glad to aid you in your building operations ... You had better ... communicate accordingly with Mr. Jarvis", he is sorry "that the necessity for a new house has arisen", 2 sides 8vo., Powderham Castle, Exeter, 20th April
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
14883
£15
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DEVONSHIRE
(7th Duke, Sir William Cavendish, 1808-1891, Chancellor of London University, Liberal benefactor of Scientific & Industrial enterprise)
Autograph Letter in third person to Messrs Willis and Sotheran,
returning a volume of Dryden's Works as it was "certainly not in very good condition", 1 side 8vo., Bolton Abbey, 2nd September
laid down
Item Date:
1866
Stock No:
12379
£20
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DEVONSHIRE
(7th Duke, Sir William Cavendish, 1808-1891, Chancellor of London University, Liberal benefactor of Scientific & Industrial enterprise)
Autograph Letter Signed 'Devonshire' to Sir Henry Bessemer,
(1813-1898, inventor and steelmaster), hoping Bessemer will attend "the meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute at Barrow in Furness ... in the week beginning the 31st August" and if so inviting him to Holker, 2 sides 8vo., Devonshire House, Piccadilly, 20th July
has been laid down at corners of conjugate blank
Item Date:
1874
Stock No:
12381
£50
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