COMMISSIONERS OF THE NAVY
WAGER
(Admiral Sir Charles, 1666-1743, knighted for his defeat of the Spanish fleet near Carthagena in 1708), Sir Jacob ACKWORTH (1668-1748, Shipbuilder & Designer employed by the Royal Navy), Charles CORNWALL (Controller of Storekeepers’ Accounts, 1714-1716), Richard BURTON (Controller of Victualling Accounts, 1714-1717), Anthony ASHLEY COOPER (1st Baron Ashley & Earl Shaftesbury, 1621-1683, Lord Chancellor & President of the Council) and John FAWLER (Extra Commissioner)
Letter signed by the”Principall Officers & Commiss[ioners] of his Majesty’s Navy” to the Storekeeper of his Majesty’s yard at Woolwich
demanding “the Boates & Cables undermentioned... on the 29th past by the Officers of Sheerness Yard for compleating the Sea Stores of his Majys Ships named in the Margine...” for the Portsmouth & Looe, the Lowestoft and the Winchelsea, ordering Longboats and Cables “These are to direct and require you to Issue the said Cordage out of his Matys Stores under your charge, and send the same to Sheerness as soon as may be, with as many of the aforesaid Boates as you can spare letting Us know what of the Said Boates you cannot send, that we may order them to be otherwise Supply’d...”, 1 side folio, Navy Office, 5th March
Item Date:
1715
Stock No:
41956
£475
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WALKER
(Sir Baldwin Wake, 1802-1876, Admiral)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr. Wynne,
saying he is most anxious "to have five minutes' conversation with you ... at your office", 1 side 8vo., Admiralty, 21st December
Item Date:
1858
Stock No:
50433
£45
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WAR OFFICE 1850
Engraved letter signed 'P. Maule',
with details added by hand, appointing Capt. Henry Cole Faulkner, half pay unattached, as Staff Officer of Pensioners, Tullamore District, 1 side folio, War Office, 24th May
Item Date:
1850
Stock No:
12924
£20
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WAVELL
(Eugénie, wife, 1915, of Field-Marshal Archibald, 1st Earl Wavell)
Autograph Letter Signed to Ava, 1896-1974, wife of Sir John Anderson, Viscount Waverley,
thanking her for "last Wednesday" and the party to hear the Mussorgsky, "that superb Boris ... Grace was exceptional ... & whatever the press cats may say - I thought that room in the Kremlin with its scarlets & greys ... very like one that was in the Kremlin when I saw it in 1917", adding "I do hope Sir John will be our next P.M.", with a long P.S. about the Cowdrays, 4 sides 8vo., 23, Kingston House South, S.W.7, 26th November
Item Date:
1949
Stock No:
52740
£25
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WAVELL
(Eugénie, wife, 1915, of Field-Marshal Archibald, 1st Earl Wavell)
Autograph Letter Signed to Ava, 1896-1974, wife of Sir John Anderson, Viscount Waverley,
thanking her for asking her to Die Valküre, "I cant think how that tenor sang so gloriously with a temperature", in Valhalla "no God could use a hankie", since then she has had a conference about Service men's families followed by "many happy hours at the Horse Show", 3 sides 8vo, International Sportsmen's Club, Upper Grosvenor Street, W.1., 13th October
Item Date:
1957
Stock No:
52741
£25
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