THE EMIN PASHA RELIEF EXPEDITION - “SIR SAMUEL IS QUITE SURE STANLEY IS ALL RIGHT BUT IT IS A HARD TASK TO TRAVEL THROUGH AFRICA”
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(Florence, 1841-1916, Explorer, wife of Sir Samuel White, bought in an Ottoman Slave Market)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to her friend Mrs Belfield
sending “our autographs... What a terrible shock it must be to poor Major Barttelot’s parent to know that he really is killed. Sir Samuel is quite sure that Stanley is all right but it is a difficult and hard task to travel through Africa- it is not so easy as some people may imagine it to be! Ethel went to Teignmouth to collect some creatures for her aquarium. She has a lovely day for it - what beautifully warm weather... I am sorry to say that I have not seen dear old Mrs Huddelstan for some time. I have not been able to go out for many days, as I caught a cold, but I feel much better... We shall go off to India next month but Agnes and Ethel will remain at home this winter...”, 4 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope, Sandford Orleigh, Newton Abbot, 20th September no year but
Item Date:
1888
Stock No:
43742
£575
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BAKER
(Sir Samuel White, 1821-1893, Explorer & Sportsman)
Signature and date on a piece of notepaper
4” x 3”, Sandford Orleigh, Newton Abbot, 20th September1881
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43739
£75
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BAKER
(Florence, 1841-1916, Explorer, wife of Sir Samuel White, bought in an Ottoman Slave Market)
Signature and date
on a folded piece of paper, 4” x 3”, no place, 20th September no year
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43740
£65
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BAKER
(Florence, 1841-1916, Explorer, wife of Sir Samuel White, bought in an Ottoman Slave Market)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Belfield
thanking her for her “kind thought, it is indeed too good of you to send us such a charming box of flowers which have just arrived and look lovely in our little sitting room. What a very sweet scent they have!... It was a great pleasure to see you and Colonel Belfield again and we hope that when you came into our neighbourhood you will pay us a visit. We should be delighted to see you in our home. We shall not forget your kind invitation on our return to Bath... I heard from Mrs Young this morning, she is going to London on Wednesday we shall see her on Tuesday...”, 3 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope, The Grand Pump Room Hotel, Bath, headed paper with a vignette of the hotel by C. W. Radway at the head, 5th May
Item Date:
1893
Stock No:
43741
£275
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"THE PRESENT GOVT IS AS BAD AS THE GLADSTONE IN EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS"
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(Sir Samuel White, 1821-1893, Explorer & Sportsman)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to "Mr Harris"
(Frank HARRIS, 1855-1931, Irish Editor, Novelist, Journalist and Publisher) saying that "On receipt of your letter I commenced an Article which will be finished tomorrow. I must ask you however to forgive me for remarking that I do not like alterations to be made in anything that I may write, after the last proofs have been returned, and I would rather decline to publish any article unless I know that every word is my own. Upon two occasions such alterations have been made in the 'Fortnightly' - in one of which, the phrase was curiously unlike any expression that I should myself have used. I have been asked by two or three lately to write an Article on the Soudan but I declined as I am much engaged with a book on practical Natural History. When your note came, the spirit suddenly moved me, although it will do no good. The present Govt is just as bad as the Gladstone in Egyptian affairs, and a little more Radical at home ...", 3 sides 8vo., Sandford Orleight, Newton Abbot, 1st September
Item Date:
1889
Stock No:
39391
£2750
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