NAPIER WRITES TO LORD ELLENBOROUGH ABOUT THE INDIAN MUTINY
NAPIER
(Sir William Francis Patrick, 1785-1860, General and Military Historian)
Fine Long Autograph Letter Signed to Lord ELLENBOROUGH
(Edward Law, 1790-1871, Governor-General of India 1841-1844, from 1818 2nd Baron, from 1844 1st Earl) saying that he had “looked with great anxiety for the effect of your speech on the Ministers, but felt disappointed: there is no frankness. We must still await... before any clear judgement can be formed as to the termination of the troubles but certainly the present aspect is not encouraging... they are not ‘going off like hares in a wood’ as the Observer says. Have you spoken to Lord Goderich? I feel a great desire to have his air, but also a great fear of appearing to ask it basely & be refused...” with a postscript signed with initials that “Since writing, the enclosed letter from a soldier in the ranks has reached me, perhaps it may interest you...”, 3 sides 8vo., no place, 14th July
Item Date:
1857
Stock No:
43412
£275
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NAPIER OF MAGDALA
(Robert Cornelis, 1810-1890, Field-Marshal, from 1868 1st Baron)
Autograph Formal Letter in the third person to an unnamed correspondent
“Lord Napier of Magdala has great pleasure in complying with... request...”, 1 side 8vo., no place, no date
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0
Stock No:
42630
£35
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NAPIER OF MAGDALA
(Robert Cornelis Napier, 1810-1890, Field Marshal, 1st Baron)
Final two pages of an Autograph Letter Signed 'Napier of Magdala' to Franz Hill
concluding that "the name will come before me for a vote that has not been carefully considered by the managing committee - when once names come in the formal manner I give my votes first to any whom I know and failing any such, to the candidate that seems most to require help ...", 2 sides 8vo., Camberley, Surrey, 11th April
Item Date:
1884
Stock No:
40829
£75
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[NAPOLEON I
(Bonaparte, 1769-1821, 1st Consul 1799-1804, Emperor of the French)]
Bulletin of the Laws of the Republic No. 255, in French,
including 2 important decrees, No. 2398 on "The enjoyment and deprivation of Civil Rights", and No. 2404 on raising "2000 Conscripts for the service of the Arsenals of the Navy", drawn up by the Corps Législatif and proclaimed by "Bonaparte, in the name of the French people", and signed in print "Bonaparte, first Consul ... Secretary of State Hugues B. Maret [1763-1839] ... the Grand-Juge, Minister of Justice ... Regnier [Claude Ambroise, 1746-1814]", attractive woodcut heading of Justice and the Law, with 6 other short decrees concerning secondary schools and lyceés, 16 pp. 8vo. numbered 545-560 of the "3rd Series", Paris, Imprimerie de la République, 17-23 ventôse year XI, 8-14 March
folded from the printed sheet, 3 neat stab holes near inner margins without loss, top edge opened, others uncut, in fresh condition
Item Date:
1803
Stock No:
51745
£125
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NAPOLEON I
(1769-1821, Emperor of the French)
Decree Signed 'Napo[leon]'
as Emperor of the French, King of Italy, and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, in Italian with translation, saying that "on the Report of Our Minister of Foreign Relations of the Kingdom of Italy", Ferdinando Marescalchi (1754-1816, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Italy, 1802-1805, of the Napoleonic Kingdom, 1805-1814, Count, 1809), "Antonio Granelli, called Palinetto, native of Santa Maria del Taro, in the Department of the Appennines, accused of various crimes committed in the territory of Our Empire, previously condemned for contempt of court to the penalty of death by the French Tribunals, and now detained in the prison of Brescia, shall be placed at the disposal of the French Authorities", but only after being tried by the Italian "Court of Criminal Justice at Brescia", any non-capital punishment by the French not to exceed what the Italian courts would have stipulated, headed Royal Decree No. 350, 2 sides folio and conjugate blank, Imperial Palace of the Tuileries, 12th April
crisp
Item Date:
1809
Stock No:
55524
£2750
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