HARRIS
(M.W., Schoolmaster)
Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Bellamy Clifton, 1836-1921, later F.R.S.,
for 50 years Professor of Experimental Philosophy at Oxford and the designer and director of the Clarendon laboratory, 1865-1915, congratulating him "on your name appearing so honorably in print ... I wish we could take any credit to ourselves at Church Hill but I think your best school has been at home", advising him to take a break for his health's sake, "You see I am still in the lecturing line ... I should think a paper on phosphorus, phosphorescent exhalations, Will o' the Wisp ... by Robert Bellamy Clifton Esq would have won a gold medal and thanks of the College, with a request ... that it might be published", the writer has "at last made a start" for himself as a tutor, "I shall be obliged ... if you will make it known", and hopes to come to town for "a chat over old times", 4 sides 8vo., 8 Brunswick Road, Western Road, Brighton, 5th July
a little faint in places but perfectly legible
Item Date:
1853
Stock No:
52078
£75
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HARRIS
(George, 1794-1859, Unitarian Minister)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Collinson,
acknowledging with thanks "the Note of the Nottingham Fellowship Fund of Five pounds in aid of the building of our New Church and Schools ...", 1 side folio with contemporary engraving, Newcastle on Tyne, 21st March
unevenly torn on left hand edge
Item Date:
1854
Stock No:
10678
£35
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HARRISON
(Jane Ellen, 1850-1928, English Classical Scholar, Linguist and Anthropologist)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Clarke,
thanking her for an invitation and saying “that she is “so very sorry that I am engaged for that night. It would have been a great pleasure to me to see the lantern exhibition, as it is a question I am much interested in & I hear Mr Clarke is a great authority. I scarcely like to invite such severe criticism as yours would necessarily be but if you had time to look in at my - I fear very inferior - lantern show at S. Kensington, I should be greatly pleased. My slides are made by a semi-professional who devotes immense care to his work...”, 3 sides 8vo., 45d Colville Gardens, 29th December
Item Date:
1891
Stock No:
41882
£150
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HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
Stereoscopic Slide of Main Street by E.P. and Wm. Kellogg
of 279 Main Street, taken from high on a tall building looking North, on the left (at now no. 955) are the tower and finials of Christ Church Cathedral (1823-1839), one of the earliest Gothic buildings in the United States, before the street bends to the left, in the middle distance a small covered horse-drawn tram is crossing the street, 7" x 5", Hartford, Connecticut, no date, circa
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
56556
£75
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HARTLEY
(James, of Leicester)
Autograph Letter Signed to Alfred Ellis, 1821-1879,
second son of John Ellis (Chairman of the Midland Railway), of Belgrave, Leicestershire, saying "My medical advisers have just been here ... I suppose I must obey virtually their instructions, and take freely 'Brandy' ... to enable me to overcome the encroachments of water, and the certitude of aqueous humour centered in my limbs ... consequently you must not expect to have me for a companion at the 'Brande' ", he wishes him well on his tour of Scotland, "What would I not give to hear once more the long drawn whistle or revallie of the Golden Plover - the plaint of the Curlew - and the hardy accents of the Brown Ptarmigan" and exhorting him "to catch the spirit of Him who failed not to notice the beautiful tracery, and exquisite finish of the lily of the field", 4 sides 8vo., Leicester, 31st July
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
15003
£20
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