ROAD BUILDING IN SICILY IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
STUART
(Sir John, Count of Maida, 1759-1815, Lieutenant General during the Napoleonic Wars)
Fine Clerk Written Document Signed "J. Stuart Count of Maida Lt Gl" addressed to the Marquis of CIRCELLO
(1737-1826, Sicilian Diplomat and Chief Minister) replying to his letter “relating to the formation of a carriageable Road in a new direction by the village of Gesso and to the immediate re-establishment of the direct route from Messina to Catania etc by the Road passing below Taormina. Upon the latter subject I have the honor to transmit to your Excellency the enclosed Report from Lt Colonel Bunbury, Quarter Master General of the Forces under my Command, who is well acquainted with the Road in question and with the position & Vicinity of Taormina. The reasons he adduces & the opinion expressed to the same effect by Major General Sherbrooke appears to me so satisfactory that I cannot but press upon Your Excellency the Expediency and necessity of sending orders to Taormina for the immediate & complete restoration of the lower Road. With Regard to the Road which it is proposed to lead in a new direction close to the Village of Gesso I have in consequence of your Excellency’s letter, given orders that no time should be lost in carrying it on, and I trust that the exertions of the British Officers & Detachments employed upon this important work will in the course of a few weeks render the Mountain of Gesso perfectly practicable for Artillery Communication... I cannot omit to embrace this opportunity of calling your Excellency’s particular attention to the important object of forming a permanently good Road, fit for every osrt of Carriage from Messina to Melazzo...”, 4 sides folio, Messina, 17th June
Item Date:
1808
Stock No:
42140
£325
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SUDELEY
(Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury-Tracy, 1840-1922, Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms, 1886, father of Mrs. Alice Keppel, from 1877 4th Baron)
LS to Messrs Sir S. Scott & Co.,
asking them to credit £58 15s 6d to "Mr. E.E. Bowen of Harrow, for School A/c" of his son Charles, later 5th Baron, 1 side 8vo., 7 Buckingham Gate, 18th December
a little dust soiled
Item Date:
1884
Stock No:
50664
£15
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SULIVAN
(Laurence, 1783-1866, Superintendent of Military Accounts, 1811-1826, Deputy Secretary for War, 1826-1851)
Autograph Letter Signed to George Ransom, at the Museum, Ipswich,
about the forthcoming prints of Mr Henslow and Mr Selby (probably the naturalists, see DNB), thanking him for the gift of the latter, "I paid my subscription at Mr Rowney, where however they seemed to know very little about the matter", and suggesting Ransom send them "a further line", 2 sides 8vo., War Office, 18th April
left margin trimmed without loss
Item Date:
1849
Stock No:
50422
£40
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SUTCLIFFE
(Thomas, c.1790-1849, Adventurer)
Signature on piece,
with old identification below as "Governor of the Islands of Juan Fernandez and Author of Sixteen years in Chile & Peru", no place, no date, c.
Item Date:
1845
Stock No:
50423
£125
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SUTTON
(Lord George Manners, 1723-1783, General)
Autograph Receipt Signed 'George Sutton'
for "£600 being two years Annuity" from his father, the 3rd Duke of Rutland (1696-1779), 4¼" x 7½", no place, 12th October
Item Date:
1770
Stock No:
20042
£30
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