LUNS
(Dr. Joseph M.A.H., b. 1911, Dutch Foreign Minister and NATO Secretary General)
Typed Letter Signed to M.K. Dziewanowski, Professor of History at Boston University,
whose articles in the 'East European Quarterly' and the 'Boston University Journal' he has read "with great interest", he finds it incredible that the New York Times refused to print Dziewanowski's letter "in view of its very relevant contents and courteous presentation", he begs to "point out some slight errors in 'Napoleon the Showman' ", the famous hat was the "bicorne ... of Colonel of the Guards", Luns knows of no evidence that he was epileptic, and the Emperors of France and Russia met on a raft only as a preliminary to Tilsit, "but these are only small matters", 1 side folio, Foreign Ministry, The Hague, 12th June
Item Date:
1969
Stock No:
51239
£45
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LUNS
(Dr. Joseph M.A.H., b. 1911, Dutch Foreign Minister and NATO Secretary General)
Typed Letter Signed 'Joseph' to 'Kamil', M.K. Dziewanowski,
Professor of History at Boston University, thanking him for the Christian Science Monitor's article on the 25th anniversary of NATO, the press does not often write "in such an eloquent way on the aims and achievements of the Alliance", he decribes the celebration at headquarters, somewhat sober from the recent death of President Pompidou, and ends "Any chance of coming here again in the near future?", 1 side folio, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Brussels, 22nd April
Item Date:
1974
Stock No:
51240
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LYNDHURST
(Sir John Singleton Copley, jr., 1772-1863, Lord Chancellor three times between 1827 and 1846, 1st Baron)
Signature franking an envelope front
addressed to S. Rigaud, Observatory, Oxford, 3½" x 5¼", London, 1st May
Item Date:
1839
Stock No:
54668
£12
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LYONS
(Richard Bickerton Pemell, 1817-1887, Ambassador to Washington, Constantinople and Paris, 2nd Baron & 1st Earl)
Autograph letter signed to 'M7 dear Sir',
saying "The Centaur will go tomorrow morning to embark the Crew, and bring them round to Naples" to "their own ship the 'Cagliari' ", in which they will "set out for Genoa as soon as the Engines are completely in order ... Captain Sitzea will have command of the Ship - but she will be under the charge of Mr Barber, who will deliver her to the Sardinian officials at Genoa ... the Engines have not been in motion for nearly a year ... I am appointed Minister at Florence", 4 sides 7" x 4½", Hotel Vittoria, 17th June
Item Date:
1858
Stock No:
54173
£150
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LYTTELTON
(William Henry, 1782-1837, from 1828 3rd Baron, Whig Politician)
Signature and Autograph envelope franked to the Rev. Professor Miller
at Cambridge, (William Hallowes Miller, 1801-1880, Professor of Mineralogy, 1832-1870), 3" x 4¾", Stourbridge, 29th September
light Post Office cancel stroke
Item Date:
1843
Stock No:
54952
£10
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