STRAFFORD
(Sir John Byng, 1772-1860, 1st Baron, 1835, 1st Earl 1847, Field Marshal)
Autograph Note Signed
to Messrs Rushworth and Jarvis, (the Auctioneers in Saville Row), authorizing payment to a third party of "£279 19s 9d the Balance due to me for the Sale of No 25 Charles Street Berkley Square", 1 side 8vo., 44 Grosvenor Street, 29th April
right edge worn
Item Date:
1857
Stock No:
55433
£175
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STRATHNAIRN
(Hugh Henry Rose, 1801-1885, Field Marshal, from 1866 1st Baron)
Autograph Letter Signed to “My dear Duke of Wellington”,
saying he “came here from thc Highlands for a... shooting, & am going, afterwards, to Nicolls... & would be very happy if you would assist me & come here on the 15th inst, Wednesday... There are a great many partridges, & I propose adopting a new plan of tactics which, I hope, will make them fly the right way. I am afraid it is no use asking the General but I should be delighted if he would honour me with a visit. The Crown Prince & Pce of Wales asked me to come to... for the... of their eldest son & nephew. It is a great ceremony in the Southern Church, a sort of religious coming of age. Pce Wilhelm had to go through a very stiff... in the Church...”, 4 sides 8vo., Euston Hall, Thetford, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
43005
£75
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ROAD BUILDING IN SICILY IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
STUART
(Sir John, Count of Maida, 1759-1815, Lieutenant General during the Napoleonic Wars)
Fine Clerk Written Document Signed "J. Stuart Count of Maida Lt Gl" addressed to the Marquis of CIRCELLO
(1737-1826, Sicilian Diplomat and Chief Minister) replying to his letter “relating to the formation of a carriageable Road in a new direction by the village of Gesso and to the immediate re-establishment of the direct route from Messina to Catania etc by the Road passing below Taormina. Upon the latter subject I have the honor to transmit to your Excellency the enclosed Report from Lt Colonel Bunbury, Quarter Master General of the Forces under my Command, who is well acquainted with the Road in question and with the position & Vicinity of Taormina. The reasons he adduces & the opinion expressed to the same effect by Major General Sherbrooke appears to me so satisfactory that I cannot but press upon Your Excellency the Expediency and necessity of sending orders to Taormina for the immediate & complete restoration of the lower Road. With Regard to the Road which it is proposed to lead in a new direction close to the Village of Gesso I have in consequence of your Excellency’s letter, given orders that no time should be lost in carrying it on, and I trust that the exertions of the British Officers & Detachments employed upon this important work will in the course of a few weeks render the Mountain of Gesso perfectly practicable for Artillery Communication... I cannot omit to embrace this opportunity of calling your Excellency’s particular attention to the important object of forming a permanently good Road, fit for every osrt of Carriage from Messina to Melazzo...”, 4 sides folio, Messina, 17th June
Item Date:
1808
Stock No:
42140
£325
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SUDELEY
(Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy, 1840-1922, Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms, 1886, father of Mrs. Alice Keppel, from 1877 4th Baron)
LS to Messrs Sir S. Scott & Co.,
asking them to credit £58 15s 6d to "Mr. E.E. Bowen of Harrow, for School A/c" of his son Charles, later 5th Baron, 1 side 8vo., 7 Buckingham Gate, 18th December
a little dust soiled
Item Date:
1884
Stock No:
50664
£15
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SULIVAN
(Laurence, 1783-1866, Superintendent of Military Accounts, 1811-1826, Deputy Secretary for War, 1826-1851)
Autograph Letter Signed to George Ransom, at the Museum, Ipswich,
about the forthcoming prints of Mr Henslow and Mr Selby (probably the naturalists, see DNB), thanking him for the gift of the latter, "I paid my subscription at Mr Rowney, where however they seemed to know very little about the matter", and suggesting Ransom send them "a further line", 2 sides 8vo., War Office, 18th April
left margin trimmed without loss
Item Date:
1849
Stock No:
50422
£40
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