DRURY
(William Price, 1861-1949, R.M., Lt.-Col.)
Autograph Letter Signed to Eileen Cond,
saying "How very nice of you to have remembered me!" and sending "the best of luck in 1939", 1 side 8vo, Killigrew Cottage, Saltash, Cornwall, 24th December
Item Date:
1938
Stock No:
17066
£15
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DRURY
(William Price, 1861-1949, R.M., Lt.-Col.)
Autograph Letter Signed to Eileen Cond,
saying "How charming of you to remember me again at Xmas!", enclosing "a copy of a Hymn of mine, which is being sung a good deal throughout the country", and sending "the best of luck in 1939", with the printed hymn 'For those who guard us in the air', signed and marked by Drury "Tune 'St. Chrysostom': Sir J. Barnby", together 2 sides 8vo, Killigrew Cottage, Saltash, Cornwall, 14th December
Item Date:
1940
Stock No:
17067
£45
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ADMIRAL DUCKWORTH'S EXPENSES IN MINORCA
[DUCKWORTH
(Sir John Thomas, 1748-1817, K.B., Admiral, from 1813 1st Bart.)]
Pair of Autograph Letters Signed to Admiral Duckworth from the Admiralty
saying that he has "laid before my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty your letter to me of the 19th October last requesting that an allowance may be made to you for the Expenses to which you were subjected by the accommodation of the Honble General Stuart and the other Officers therin mentioned on board the Leviathon in the Expedition against the Island of Minorca, I have their lordship's Commands to acquaint you that they have recommended to the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury that an allowance of two hundred Pounds may be made to you ...", the second says he has received his second letter on the subject of his reimbursement and their Lordships have referred him "to my letter of the 11th Instant on that subject ...". in total 3 sides folio, Admiralty, 11th and 19th September
Item Date:
1799
Stock No:
39527
£275
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DUCKWORTH
(Sir John Thomas, 1748-1817, K.B., Admiral, from 1813 1st Bart.)
Autograph Letter Signed to his Agent,
saying that "Notwithstanding the neglect ... for these last 8 months in never writing the confidence I have in your honor and integrity has induced me not to be precipitate in removing my business into other Hands", and accordingly he sends two orders ('Seconds') on the Victualling Board and another on the Commissioners of the Navy, totalling "£2406 01s 00d Sterling which you will lay out as before directed ... but should you continue Obdurate in not regular communication with me, and giving me Statements ... I shall appoint another Agent", ending "Your Very humble Servant", 1 side folio, Martinique, February 24th
small piece in blank margin caught on opening seal
Item Date:
1801
Stock No:
32661
£325
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DUFFERIN AND AVA
(Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1875-1930, from 1918 3rd Marquis of)
Autograph Letter Signed 'Dufferin & Ava' to 'Dear Mahon', Captain Hartland-Mahon,
telling him that he has "been a bit anxious that the Labour Party may confound our schemes ... I think we could begin recruiting when the Caroline arrives ... I shall be over [to Ireland] shortly", 2 sides 8vo., Wynyard Park, Stockton on Tees, 28th December
Item Date:
1923
Stock No:
12400
£25
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