THE SECRETARY FOR WAR ON THE HOME FOR RETIRED IRISH MILITARY PERSONNEL
HERBERT
(Hon. Sidney, M.P., 1810-1861, Secretary for War during the Crimea, from 1860 1st Baron)
Autograph Letter Signed to “My dear Stanley”
saying that he is “engaged in making arrangements for reopening Kilmainham to Pensioners under certain limitations analogous to those which guide the Chelsea commissioners in their selection for the... I think it is quite possible that the internal discipline & arrangement of Kilmainham may require a good deal of unison. But it is useless to send any one over to enquire into such details unless he be conversant with the practise of similar Institutions elsewhere. I shd have the greatest reliance on the judgement & discretion of Mr Moorhead if the Commissioners of Chelsea wd allow me to entrust this inquiry to him & would grant him leave of absence for the purpose. I imagine he wd not object to undertake it & I have Sir E. B. Carberry’s assurances that every... shall be given to any one who may be sent over to examine into the State of the Hospital. I have not mentioned the subject to Moorhead as I wished to know what your disposition on the matter may be before making a formal application to the Commissioners for Mr Moorhead’s services. He wd be of great use & I shall be very much obliged if you will let me have him...”, 4 sides 4to., War Office, 23rd May
Item Date:
1853
Stock No:
42906
£350
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HILL
(Sir Rowland, 1772-1842, Baron, 1814, 1st Viscount, 1842, Commander-in-Chief, 1828-1842)
Signature 'Hill' on an envelope front
addressed to the Earl of Ilchester at Burlington Street, London, 2½" x 4¾", witha reproduction of his fine engraved portrait, 6¾" x 5", attractively mounted together in window mounts on card 14" x 11", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1830
Stock No:
55428
£75
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BLOCKADE RUNNER AND TURKISH ADMIRAL
HOBART PASHA
(Hon Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, 1822-1886, Admiral in the Turkish Service)
Autograph Letter Signed 'Hobart Pasha' to Thomas Douglas Murray,
(1841-1911, Barrister, amateur Egyptologist and friend of Whistler), thanking him "for your kind souvenirs and good wishes", monogram AHH at head, 17 Berkeley Square, 1 side 8vo, Wednesday 7th April no year but
'regards' in subscription is faint, apparently originally so, elsewhere good
Item Date:
1886
Stock No:
56487
£225
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HODGSON
(Sir Frederic Mitchell, 1851-1925, Colonial Governor)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs. Dicey,
saying that "Boy Sorters (age 15 to 17) and Asst. Letter Carriers are now almost invariably filled up" from "deserving Telegraph Messengers", but sometimes by nomination, and suggesting "Perhaps a telegraph clerkship would suit the lad", he sends a circular about wages and qualifications, "If he has passed at School in the 5th or 6th Standard he would, I should say, be able to get into this office", 4 sides 8vo, Secretary's Office, General Post Office, E.C., 13th April
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
17402
£40
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HOPE
(Sir Alexander, 1769-1837, General)
Autograph address front signed to Messrs Greenwood, 21st July
Item Date:
1824
Stock No:
9216
£10
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