LETHBRIDGE
(Major-General Sir Robert, d. 1831)
Autograph Letter signed, to Major Hamilton, Assistant Adjutant General,
following the Assizes, for the information of Major General Champagne, saying that "it is not in my Power to forward the Deserter alluded to in the Route annexed [not present] - the Officer Commanding the Detachment 37th Reg[imen]t having reported to me - that He has No arms as yet for his Detachment", with a Memorandum on the 2nd side pointing out that the deserter's real name "by his own account is, Charles Wellings - belongs to the 2d. Batt: 96th Regt. and Deserted from Bexhill Barracks" which agrees with the "Jail Books", 2 sides 4to., summary on fourth side, Shrewsbury, 30th March
light remains of tipping at edge of fourth side
Item Date:
1809
Stock No:
14648
£60
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LEUTRUM
(Karl Sigmund Friedrich Wilhelm, 1692-1755, General of Infantry in the Piedmontese Army in the War of the Austrian Succession, Baron)
Autograph Letter Signed in French with translation, to Count Birago, Captain of Auxiliaries and Commanding the Canale Brigades at Cherasco (French Querasque),
forwarding a letter from Count Bezin enclosing a note from 'His Majesty', Carlo Emmanuele III of Sardinia and Prince of Piedmont [these enclosures not present], for the Commander at Cherasco to have the auxiliaries supplied as necessary, saying that it is of old date, and if that causes any difficulty to send a courier in haste to get it repeated, meanwhile Birago is to keep to "all the orders I gave you by your Lieutenant Blavet", 1 side 4to., Canale (French Canal), 2nd March
Item Date:
1746
Stock No:
52773
£275
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LIMA E SILVA
(Francisco de, 1785-1853, Soldier and Politician), Joao BRÁULIO MONIZ (circa 1796-1835), Regents of Brazil, 1831-1835, for Pedro II, and Antero José FERREIRO DE BRITO (1787-1856, Soldier, Secretary of State for War)
Document signed, in Portuguese with translation,
appointing Judge of Appeal and Secretary of State for Imperial Affairs, Antonio PINTO CHICHÔRRO DA GAMA, (1800-1887, Appeal Judge, Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice, 1860-1875), as interim head of the Department of Financial Affairs, signed notes of registration at the Treasury Tribunal and General Audit Office, 2 sides 14¾" x 9¼" and conjugate leaf, Palace of Rio de Janeiro, 2nd June
a few small faults in the margin touching one letter without loss, two small light stains in centre fold
Item Date:
1834
Stock No:
53054
£225
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LINDORES
(Jane, née Reeve, 1759 or 1760-1837, wife of John Leslie, 1750-1813, Lieutenant-General, from 1775 8th Baron Lindores)
Autograph letter, unsigned,
addressed to her husband at Gey's House, near Maidenhead, saying that her first letter "since my necessary departure" had "opened an Opportunity of your making such Proposal for a Separation between Us as you should think proper", but to no effect, she is now required "by my Proctor to furnish those minute instructions necessary ... the heavy expence of which we must both wish to avoid", she is still open to an "amicable Separation" but otherwise must pursue protection and remedy in "the Commons", that is, Doctors' Commons near St.Paul's, where the ecclesiastical judges and lawyers resided, and requests "your answer in a few days ... directed to Mr Bogg", 1 side 9½" x 8¼", address on verso, no place, May
Item Date:
1790
Stock No:
52876
£85
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LOUIS JOSEPH
(Duke of Vendôme, 1654-1712, Marshal of France, Military Commander during the War of the Grand Alliance and War of the Spanish Succession)
Document in French signed with autograph addittons
the printed part lists the Duke's titles and orders, and he has written a note giving a free pass for soldiers from the Regiment of Dragoons who had been injured in the Battle of Luzzara, and signed it, there are then further entries signed by the other endorsers, 2 sides folio, given at the Camp of Sanguinetto, 4th May
Item Date:
1703
Stock No:
39146
£475
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