SIGNED BY THREE LORDS OF THE TREASURY AND THE AUDITOR
HALIFAX
(George Montague, d. 1739, Earl of)
Document signed as Auditor of the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer,
printed with manuscript additions, on the recto is the printed order to the Treasury to repay at a future date, out of the 'Aid' for 1716 to be collected by means of the Land Tax at 4s. in the pound in each county, £2000 lent on 17th February 1715 (1716 new style) to the Treasury by (printed name) John Aislabie, M.P., 1672-1742, with the manuscript order below for repayment, including interest of £35 2s 5d to 10th January 1716/7, subscribed "Exam[inatum] p[er] Halifax" as Auditor, on the verso is the manuscript order for interest to be added at 4% from 2nd August 1716, signed by three Lords of the Treasury, Sir William St. Quintin, Bart., (1660-1723, M.P. for Hull), Viscount Torrington (d. 1733), and Richard Edgcumbe (1680-1758, from 1742 1st Baron), addressed to Lord Halifax, with other notes and signatures including "Deliver'd to the Bank for Mr Robt Knight the 12 Januar. per Thos. Jolland", 2 sides folio, no place. and Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 17th February 1715/6, 3rd August 1716 and 21st-31st January
imperfect as usual from cancellation, lacking however on the recto only the first printed line, and portions of other signatures, and on the verso a small part only of text (the latter easily supplied)
Item Date:
17167
Stock No:
16979
£175
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HALIFAX
(Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of, O.M., 1881-1959, Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary from 1938-1940)
Important Typed Letter Signed to Professor C. K. Webster,marked 'Personal'
thanking him for his letter and hoping "to hear more from you later on about the tihngs of which you write. There certainly seems to be a good deal moving. Hull's speech yesterday is, of course in the same direction, and I am writing a line to Arthur Greenwood to keep him thinking on the same lines ..."
Item Date:
1947
Stock No:
40959
£475
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HALSBURY
(Hardinge Stanley Giffard, F.R.S., 1823-1921, Lord Chancellor 1st Baron, 1st Earl)
Autograph note,
saying he sees "no objection he must of course exclude all matters released in pursuance of my opinion given above but I hesitate to say he may include 'charges for the clerks of the firm' until I know what is ... embraced by that phrase", 1 side 8vo. taken from the left margin of a larger document, no place, 24th December
Item Date:
1868
Stock No:
14994
£15
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HAMBLEDEN
(William Frederick Danvers Smith, 2nd Viscount, 1868-1928, Philanthropist & MP)
Fine signature fom end of Autograph Letter Signed inscribed "Yours very truly"
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
11391
£12
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HAMILTON
(Sir William, 1730-1803, Diplomatist & Archaeologist, Husband of Emma Hamilton)
Fine letter Signed to the Marquess Bernardo TANUCCI,
(1698-1783, reforming Prime Minister of Naples), in French with translation, requesting "his Excellency ... to expedite a Passport for Seven Domestics in the service of the Countess of Orford,", Margaret (née Rolle, 1709-1781, widow of Robert Walpole, 1701-1751, son of the Prime Minister, from 1745 2nd Earl of Orford), and a permit for her "suite of Twelve Horses, One Carriage, and one other Vehicle", as they are "ready to depart for Rome", 1 side folio and conjugate blank, Naples, 31st May,
(Translation)
Naples, 31st May 1774
Sir William Hamilton prays his Excellency the Marquess Tanucci to be so kind as to expedite a Passport for Seven Domestics in the service of the Countess of Orford, and a permit for the suite of Twelve Horses, One Carriage, and one other Vehicle; being ready to depart for Rome.
[Signed] Wm. Hamilton.
Item Date:
1774
Stock No:
55710
£775
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