CAVOUR
(Camillo Benso, Count di, 1810-1861, Italian Statesman)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed, in French with translation, to the Minister for Sardinia in London
saying that Prince GORTCHAKOFF(Alexander Mikhailovich, 1798-1883, Russiand Diplomat and Statesman) "sent me a note in sharp terms to announce to me the recall of the Russian Legation at Turin. Please ask Lord John RUSSELL" (Lord John, 1st Earl, 1792-1878, Prime Minister) "to authorise the British Minister at Petersbourg to protect Sardinian subjects in Russia, and the British Minister at Vienna to take Sardinian subjects under his protection ...", 2 sides 4to., Ministry of Foreign Affairs headed paper, no date but circa
Item Date:
1861
Stock No:
40039
£975
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CAVOUR
(Camillo Benso, Count di, 1810-1861, Italian Statesman, First Prime Minister of Italy)
Fragment of an Autograph Letter Signed, in French with translation, with an accompanying envelope identifying the recipient as E. Pichet
saying that they had "dealt of the entire execution of the road with English contractors who have experienced some difficulty in furnishing the guarantee required by the contract. I know that they have completed this formality and that consequently the work will be pushed with ..." and on the verso "The Gazette de Turin contains my financial statement. I have concealed none of my plans; while indicating the remedies that should cure them ...", 2 sides 5¼" x 3½" with accompanying envelope
Item Date:
1851
Stock No:
41746
£175
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CECIL
(Blanche Louisa, 1872-1945, daughter of Lord Eustace Brownlow Henry Cecil, 4th son of 2nd Marquess of Salisbury)
Autograph Letter Signed 'Louisa Cecil' to Miss Greenyer
thanking her for "the lovely couple of rabbits", 2 sides 8vo., St. Martin's, Bath Road, Worthing, 26th November
Item Date:
1936
Stock No:
12293
£12
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CHAMBERLAIN
(Sir Austen, 1863-1937, Foreign Secretary 1924-1929 and Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Boyd Carpenter
telling her that his wife has been laid up "with a bad septic throat which obstinately declines to yield to treatment ..." and so she will not be able to dine with them and he fears "that for other reasons I am in the same position. I found her so ill & in so much pain on my return here for a weekend that I do not know whether I shall be able to leave ... if I can - & work urgently calls me to London - I am still afraid that I must ask you to excuse me also as Lloyd George has fixed Tuesday for the Budget and we are faced with a situation of great difficulty, so that I cannot absent myself from the debate ...", 3 sides 8vo., 9 Egerton Place crossed out, Crowborough, 1st May
Item Date:
1915
Stock No:
31906
£325
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CHAMBERLAIN
(Sir Austen, 1863-1937, Foreign Secretary, Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
Fine signature and date on headed paper,
9 Egerton Place, 30th October
Item Date:
1908
Stock No:
31061
£25
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