WELLESLEY
(Richard Colley, 1st Marquis of Wellesley, 1760-1842, Governor-General of India, Brother of the Duke of WELLINGTON)
Autograph Letter Signed to "My dear Wilberforce"
(William WILBERFORCE, 1759-1833, Philanthropist and Abolitionist) requesting his "particular attention to the enclosed statement, and to recommend to your countenance and protection, the Bearer, Mr Wyatt, for whose Character and talents, I entertain a sincere respect, & who will be found to be deserving of any mark of favor which you may be pleased to manifest towards him ...", 1 side 4to., 15th March
top edge unevenly trimmed
Item Date:
1806
Stock No:
41076
£275
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WESTBURY
(Richard Bethell, 1800-1873, Lord Chancellor 1861-1865, from 1861 1st Baron)
Autograph Letter Signed to (later Sir) Thomas Chambers, M.P.,
(1814-1891, appointed deputy Recorder for the City of London in 1866, Recorder in 1874), saying he was "much obliged ... for your courteous letter ... & for the kindness which prompted you to do all which ... could be done with propriety in reference to the case of Mr Osgood", saying "It is a very painful act of injustice, & it will be a most disagreeable thing to me to make it the subject of public complaint", he had hoped to be able "to propose some mode of settlement" but has "not had any request from him to make any proposition", House of Lords, 2 sides 8vo, 26th February no year, circa
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
56348
£85
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WESTMINSTER
(Richard Grosvenor, 1795-1869, K.G., M.P., from 1845 2nd Marquis)
Signature 'Belgrave' on Autograph envelope front to Mrs Fardell
at Milton, Cambridge, 2¼" x 4¾", Chester, 22nd April
Item Date:
1830
Stock No:
54977
£25
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SIGNED CIGARETTE CARD
WHEATLEY
(John, 1869-1930, Scottish Socialist Politician)
Coloured caricature from the John Players series of 50 entitled "Straight Line Caricatures", signed,
with a small biography printed on the verso, 2¾" x 1¼", no place, circa
Item Date:
1926
Stock No:
41403
£55
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WHITBREAD
(Samuel, 1764-1815, Politician, Son of the Brewer, Committed Suicide)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent,
returning "the papers which you were so good as to entrust to my care ... I highly approve your proposed Bill & if you bring it forward it shall have my earnest & most diligent support. What is of much more consequence, you will be gratified to find how much it is approved by ... Romilly[?]. I know the subject has long been under his consideration. I send you his letter, & the short note I showed you in the H. of Comm ... The wording of the Bill, before it is printed, will require considerable alteration & much more precision in the phrases - The word Child should invariably used to designate the poor object to be apprenticed ...", 2 sides 4to., Dover Street, 13th March
slight discolouration on left hand edge
Item Date:
1811
Stock No:
11478
£65
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