PRINGLE
(Thomas, c. 1740-1803, Vice-Admiral)
Part Document signed as Rear-Admiral,
to the Masters of HMS Sceptre, Vindictive, Chichester & Hope, 7½" x 5", Tremendous, Table Bay, 25th November
traces of laying down on verso, top and one margin trimmed
Item Date:
1797
Stock No:
50172
£45
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PRINGLE
(Robert, died 1793, Lieutenant Colonel, Military Engineer)
Long Autograph Letter Signed to Frederick Booth
saying that he has been told that “the Owners of the Falmouth Coach house offered 20£ by way of compensation for my trunk. I really think I should not accept it I have valued everything very much below what it would cost me to replace them and have always understood, it ever has been customary & several decisions in Westminster Hall have confirmed for Coach Owners to pay the full value of every thing lost in their charge, plate jewels & cash excepted but when entered & paid for as such... Owner of the Coach acknowledges the loss of the trunk & says it was stole out between Hounslow & Bagshot, it was also entered in their Books at the Office in Ludgate hill, & if necessary my servant who went with can make oath with this information. I hope you will be able to recover the amount and that before you conclude anything but that you will do me the favor to let me hear from you. We have begun the war in this Country with success. Tobago was taken on the 15th Utmo by a Detachment from the Governor of Barbados - with the loss of 7 killed and 10 wounded. They refused to surrender when somoned & the fort was taken by storm in a Gallant manner as not a shott was fired from our side till they got into the midst of it. Admiral Gardner arrived with the fleet on the 27th. We only want them to go to Guadeloupe & Martinique where they are in the utmost confusion. The mob have got possession of the Government & Forts, & commit all sorts of cruelties on those planters & their families who they suspect to be of a contrary interest...”, 3 sides 4to., with integral autograph address leaf, St Christophers, 8th May
Item Date:
1793
Stock No:
43205
£375
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QUINCÉ
(Joachim, Count of Quincé, also of the Holy Roman Empire, French General)
Autograph letter signed, in French with translation,
to Monsieur Marquadet, "citizen of Paris at the Golden Lion opposite the Quai des Vieux Augustins near the Bronze Horse", saying he hopes soon at Court to meet "His Eminence", Cardinal Mazarin, Louis XIV's chief minister, "and offer my services for the glorious journey" (to the Pyrenees), Mazarin has already "told Marshal Villeroi", (1598-1685, the king's former governor) "that he would be delighted to see me ... as you know the end of the whole matter is to be the King's marriage", accordingly he asks Marquadet to send him 12 out of the 16 dinner sets he is looking after for him, to advise "your son-in-law to send me my little service in the manner of honest folk", to unwrap a package and pick out six livery jackets ('casaques') "and a small one for a page", which the bearer "the Captain of my garrison at Narbonne" will take, the dinner services should weigh 210 pounds with carriage at 2 sous a pound, finally sending his "infinite thanks for having given shelter to my hoard of belongings", with much underlining of the detailed instructions, 3 sides small folio, address and notes on 4th side, Orléans, 30th June
Item Date:
1659
Stock No:
25662
£350
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RADSTOCK
(William Waldegrave, 1753-1825, Admiral, Governor of Newfoundland, from 1800 1st Baron)
Fine Mezzotint Portrait, unsigned, by C. Wilkin
after the water colour by F.W. Wilkin, showing him nearly half length, three quarter face, in uniform, as Admiral of the White, 11½" x 9" in mount 16¾" x 14¼", published by Cadell & Davies, Strand, London, 16th February
Item Date:
1810
Stock No:
54088
£75
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[RADSTOCK
(Sir William Waldegrave, 1753-1825, Admiral, 3rd in command at St. Vincent, from 1800 1st Baron)]
Receipt signed by J. Pulman,
for £76 12s 4d for "His Lordship's Installation Fees as a Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath", 1 side 3" x 7½", no place, 17th July
Item Date:
1821
Stock No:
50921
£45
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