FRY
(Sir Edward, 1827-1918, F.R.S., F.S.A., F.L.S., Appeal Judge, International Arbitrator and Ambassador to the Hague Peace Conference of 1907)
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Paul Vinogradoff, 1854-1925, the Russian-born legal historian,
Professor at Oxford, congratulating him on his marriage (to Louise, daughter of Norwegian Judge A. Strang), and hoping "you will bring your bride to see a Country for whose legal history you have done so much", 2 sides 8vo., Failand House, near Bristol, 25 June
Item Date:
1897
Stock No:
19191
£20
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GAINSBOROUGH
(Charles Noel Noel, b. 1781, from 1823 3rd Baron Barham, from 1841 1st Earl)
Autograph free frank to the Revd. C. Seager in Teignmouth,
London, 12th October
Item Date:
1831
Stock No:
20022
£10
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GALLOWAY
(George Stewart, 1768-1834, 8th Earl, Admiral)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Collingridge,
saying "The Carriage your House built for me 1797 I have left behind me in Edinburgh having finished its Career ... I wish a substantial and perfect Coach ... ready for my arrival in Town ... the first week in March ... Many more letters must pass ... I shall only say now that I want a Close Coach and tho' fashionable ... of medium Dimensions for a family, not heavy, tho' substantial for long journeys to this distant part of the world", he specifies the windows "I ... have had no Carriage built but by your House, and will not in London if you serve me equally well", adding only "Your springs ... were never so easy as from other Houses", and directing that they "correct this Error", 2 sides 8vo., Galloway House, Dumfries, 25th December n.y., c.
Item Date:
1810
Stock No:
20075
£85
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GARDINER
(Sir Robert William, 1781-1864, General, Royal Artillery, served with Sir John Moore at Corunna and with Wellington in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, Governor & C-in-C Gibraltar, 1848-1855)
Autograph cover sheet signed in the third person
"to The Rt Honble the Duke of Argyll", 1 side 8vo and conjugate blank, no place, no date,
Item Date:
1818
Stock No:
52062
£75
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GARDINER
(Sir Robert William, 1781-1864, General, Royal Artillery, served with Sir John Moore at Corunna and with Wellington in the Peninsula and at Waterloo, Governor & C-in-C Gibraltar, 1848-1855)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Sir',
saying "The very day ... I wrote to you, The Prince found occasion to send a trusty person to London ... but I hope you will receive my thanks ... as entirely as if I had benefitted immediately by your kindness", and sympathizing with Mrs Baynes, "Baynes is the greatest loss to Genl. Macleod", the writer's father-in-law, Adjutant-General at Woolwich, "from his knowledge of the duties they had together, and from his attachment and friendship in executing whatever orders the General gave him", 4 sides 4to. black edged, Came House (near Dorchester, Dorset), 25th January
Item Date:
1818
Stock No:
52058
£275
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