GILBERT
(Rev. Joseph, 1779-1852, Congregational Divine)
Signature and subscription on piece,
no place, no date, circa
small defect just touching first letter of subscription, laid down
Item Date:
1850
Stock No:
54115
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GIMBLE
(R.S.R., Local Historian)
Typed Letter Signed to Mr Bramley of Evington, 3 miles from Leicester,
saying "a propos your grotto ... I seem to remember a story that part of the chancel" of Evington Church collapsed, perhaps "some of the carved work was used to make your grotto?", and observing that "the common bricks" of North Lodge "where the plaster has come away ... are likely to be machine made" from their horizontal extrusion lines, and so "not ... before 1850", with a modern leaflet of the former Countess of Huntingdon's chapel at Evington (1837), 1 side folio, 319 East Park Road, Leicester, 24th March
Item Date:
1957
Stock No:
17313
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GISBORNE
(J. Guy, of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire)
Autograph letter signed to 'My dear Sir',
(John Ellis of Belgrave, Leicestershire, 1789-1862, M.P.), saying he remembers "your visit to Charnwood Forest, & shall be very happy to offer you a part of the land provided current negotiations come to nothing", he fears that "few purchasers" would "maintain the heath ... I am fond of the place ... If I had the money ... my first step would be to drain thoroughly all the wet land ... all except the rocks ... then ... give it one strong dressing of Derbysh: lime ... from the mountainlimestone" to make "a very useful pasture ... you shall hear from me", 4 sides 8vo., Dukinfield, Cheshire, near Ashton under Lyne, 6th July
Item Date:
1853
Stock No:
14950
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GLADSTONE
(Helen, 1849-1925, Vice-Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge)
Signature on piece,
no date, circa
small nick in blank bottom margin
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
55829
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GLASGOW
(George Frederick Boyle, 1825-1890, Lord Clerk Register, from 1869 6th Earl)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Sir'.
regretting "extremely ... that it will be quite out of my power to be present at the opening of the Broomhill Home ... for the solace of the Incurable" (near Kirkintilloch), 1 side 8vo. black-edged, The Garrison, Isle of Cumbrae, 29th August
Item Date:
1876
Stock No:
19897
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