THREE TREASURERS AND THREE ANTIQUARIES
ONSLOW
(George, 1731-1814, from 1776 4th Lord), TOWNSHEND (Charles, 1728-1810, from 1797 Baron Bayning) and CORNEWALL (Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, from 1780 Speaker) Commissioners of the Treasury`
Treasury Document Signed, unusual in being complete,
for £25 each to Sir Joseph Ayloffe, (1709-1781, F.R.S., Vice-President of the Society of Antiquaries), Andrew Coltee Ducarel (1713-1785, Librarian at Lambeth Palace), and Thomas Astle (1735-1803, owner of the 'Stowe' MSS in the British Library), and 2 further £25 for "Clerks" and "Expences", for their work "to methodize and ... digest the papers & records of state remaining in the Paper Office at Whitehall", the ancestor of the P.R.O., with their receipt signatures on the verso, margins extended on three sides, 2 sides folio, 18th July
light cancel stroke on payment, some short tears in the extended margins
Item Date:
1775
Stock No:
51413
£350
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ORFORD
(George Walpole, 1723-1791, 3rd Earl)
Autograph Letter Signed to S. Hawkins at New Palace Yard,
saying that he "was favor'd with your Letter and have desired Mr. Moore to settle the account forthwith with the Executors. The Idea of Interest for Long standing Debts is Inadmissable - An Attempt to Establish this Novelty was made ... a year or two Ago - & was remarkable that the Persons who Brought the Bill into the House were themselves Insolvent, and whom consequently that encouragement cou'd never have affected", 1 side folio, address on conjugate leaf, Eriswell, 12th (?) April
edges, including signature, torn but complete except for part of the date, lacks top one-fifth of conjugate leaf (perhaps with note of receipt), old transparent paper at beginning of four lines without loss, lightly browned
Item Date:
1784
Stock No:
19697
£65
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ORFORD
(Robert Walpole, d. 1751, son of the Prime Minister, from 1739 Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer, from 1721 Baron Walpole, from 1745 2nd Earl)
Signature 'Orford' on a fragment of an Exchequer document
for payment of £125, 1 side 1¾" x 6",
Item Date:
1747
Stock No:
51683
£45
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ORLOV
(Prince Nikolai Alekseevich, 1827-1885, Russian Diplomat and Author)
Autograph letter in French with translation, signed ‘N. Orloff’, to “Dear Friend”
asking him to “tell me what effect the earthquake had on you and how your health is in general. Mine is progressing slowly but finally some fairly large pieces of bone have been eliminated. A thousand heartfelt friendships from your old friend...” 2 sides 8vo., Bellefontaine, 1st February
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
43139
£275
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OSBORNE
(Lord Sidney Godolphin, 1808-1889, Philanthropist)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent,
sending his autograph, "it is that of one, who certainly wishes well to the working man", 1 side 8vo., Wells, Somerset, 21st May
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
13048
£30
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