“CONSIGNMENTS OF THE SCRIPTURES HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO MOST OF THE BECHUANA MISSION STATIONS WHERE THEY ARE EAGERLY LOOKED FOR”
MOFFAT
(Robert, 1795-1883, Missionary-Explorer in Bechuanaland, Father-in-Law of Livingstone)
Exceptional Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Passan,
saying that he has heard “from our mutual & very dear friend Mrs Wills I understand that you are continuing to suffer so much as to be almost continually confined to bed. Deeply do I sympathise with you in your severe affliction, & who that knows you would not desire to have a part were it in their power... but the hand divine can impart relief in your deep affliction. No voice but His who calmed the Galilean Sea can breath into your spirit the peace that the world cannot give. Bu I am only repeating what you now know better than even I can. You have long been in the divine crucible & have had experiences far beyond my power to describe. I can only give expression of my deep feeling for you. I can also remember you at the throne of our Heavenly Father, that our Adorable Redeemer may smooth your path & lay under you the everlasting arms of His mercy, & continue to brighten your prospects, that when you have suffered His will here you have an abundant entrance administered to you into those mansions of bliss when the inhabitants will no more say ‘I am sick’...” he then continues that “After the new edition of the Sechuana Bible was finished I took about a six months tour of the North of England and Scotland engaged in advocating the Missionary cause wherever I came. Consignments of the scriptures have been sent out to most of the Bechuana mission stations where they are eagerly looked for. I feel the bad weather much. The wet, cold & gloom does not agree well with a constitution accustomed to a... warm... climate for more than half a century...”, 4 sides 8vo., on mourning paper, 7 Bedford Cottages, Barrington Road, 5th June
lacking a small part of the top edge of the first page with the loss of a few words, professionally repaired
Item Date:
1873
Stock No:
40621
£675
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NARES
(Sir George Strong, 1831-1915, Admiral & Arctic Explorer)
Autograph Letter Signed to Lady Rawlinson
saying that he is "going to walk into the dockyard with my two boys in about 20 minutes & if your boys care to accompany us I shall be glad of their company ...", 1 side 8vo., H.M.S. Challenger headed paper, no date but annotated in another hand as April
Item Date:
1875
Stock No:
41075
£375
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PALMERSTON
(Henry John Temple, 1784-1865, Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister, 3rd Viscount)
Fine passport document signed
printed in French with the details filled in by hand, made out for Alexander Gibbon and his wife to travel on the Continent with a courier, Louis Mayer and their servants, 1 side folio with fine engraved vignettes at the head and foot, London, 18th May 1840 tipped into the leather bound passport with the written dates of entries and exits with the customs stamps, the first one is Frankfurt on 16th July, Stuttgart on the 31st, then Munich, Innsbruck, Florence, Venice, Parma, Tuscany, Rome, Naples, Torin and Dieppe and many more, 28 pages are stamped on both sides with blanks at the end, the last entry is Dieppe on the 9th June
Item Date:
1843
Stock No:
42844
£375
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PARRY
(Sir William E., 1790-1855, Admiral, Arctic Explorer)
Formal Autograph Letter to Mrs Bowles
saying that “Captain Parry presents his compts to Captain and Mrs Bowles, and is extremely sorry that an engagement to dine out of town on Monday next will prevent him the honor of waiting upon them on that day. Captain P. begs to offer his best thanks to Capt and Mrs Bowles for their kindness in inviting him to accompany them to the French Play, which, had it been in his power, he should have had very great pleasure in doing...”, 1 side 8vo., Charles Street, 23rd March
Item Date:
1824
Stock No:
43112
£175
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PARRY
(Sir William E., 1790-1855, Admiral, Arctic Explorer)
Autograph address panel addressed to 'John Taylor Esq',
"No 12 Bedford Row", with his black wax seal, 5" x 5", no place, no date, together with a contemporary engraving
A fine pair for framing.
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
39676
£125
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