LANSDOWNE
(William Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1737-1805, Prime Minister)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
saying that he is “very glad to hear that a most worthy Father & Mother with 7 or 8 children have escaped all the perils by sea & land... I must do justice to the inhabitants of Tenby to say that we found them in great anxiety - the least you and Mrs Smith can do is to return there next summer & make good the engagements you have fail’d to fulfil this year, among which I hope Bowood will not be omitted a second time. I have had some indirect communication about Dr Crawford’s Epitaph, & am taught to expect that I shall find a Lady at Bath, with whom I can finally settle it - my own opinion is decidedly in favour of the simplest but I know by experience how difficult it is to persuade my family to adopt that taste, and I shall certainly conform to their wish. All accounts both foreign & domestic preclude all idea of peace on the part of this country, as long as the War can be protracted. It is provoking that the people of this country should be branded with the reputation of boundless avarice & ambition, when we all know that the War is contrived from quite different motives. Miss Vernon & Miss Fox desire their compliments to Mrs Smith...”, 2 sides 4to, Bowood Park, 26th October
Item Date:
1800
Stock No:
42642
£2250
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LANSDOWNE
(Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1780-1863, M.P. for Calne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Abolitionist, 3rd Marquis)
Autograph Letter Signed to the Bishop of Oxford
Samuel WILBERFORCE (1805-1873, Bishop, son of William Wilberforce) saying he has his note and “assure you that the subject to which it relates has not failed to engage my attention. Finding that a misapprehension had arisen out of your former conversation with Mr Shuttleworth relating to the school of Biddeston & that the application to the extent to which your lordship it appeared intended to carry it involved an entire departure from the practice of the office, I thought it better to lay the whole matter before a committee which was attended by Lor J. Russell & nearly all the members, by whose direction I believe the secretary must by this time have written to you, & acquainted you with this application but if he has not done so already, I will take care that the letter is immediately forwarded. I propose going abroad the end of next week...”, 4 sides 8vo., London, 21st July, no year but watermarked
Item Date:
1846
Stock No:
42189
£145
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LANSDOWNE
(Henry, 1780-1863, M.P. for Calne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Abolitionist, 3rd Marquis)
Autograph Letter Signed to Dr Brabant,
saying he will "have great pleasure in proposing your name as soon as any addition is made to the Wells Commission" in the hope that "it may be convenient for you to act soon afterwards", 3 sides 8vo., Bowood, 13th January no date, c.
small defects at ends of blank central fold
Item Date:
1836
Stock No:
51893
£175
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LANSDOWNE
(Henry, 1780-1863, M.P. for Calne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Abolitionist, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne)
Signature 'H. Petty' laid down,
n.d., c.
Item Date:
1805
Stock No:
18697
£15
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LANSDOWNE
(Henry, 1818-1866, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign Office, from 1863 4th Marquis of Lansdowne)
Signature on an envelope front addressed to Earl Russell, K.G.,
circa
Item Date:
1865
Stock No:
53973
£15
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