AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY BLESSED JOHN XXIII
POPE JOHN XXIII
(born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, 1881-1963, Pope from 1958, known as Blessed John XXIII since his beatification, called the Second Vatican Council in 1962)
Autograph Letter Signed ‘A. G. Roncalli’ in Italian with Translation, to a friend, probably from his home region of Bergamo in Northern Italy,
sending his “heartfelt thanks for the precious booklet ‘Bergamo in Numbers’ which reflects such honour on the Chamber of Commerce and its illustrious and dear President: Congratulatoins on the increasing number of mankind’s children in the land of Bergamo. I wish you continued growth without interruption in physical prosperity, and spiritual elevation. Would, perhaps, a retrospective glance be useful? At the time of St. Charles Borromeo, the apostolic visitor (1575), Bergamo city and suburbs numbered 19,950 and the diocese 139,232. Warm greetings...”, 2 sides correspondence card, headed “Mgr. Ange-Joseph Roncalli, Archevêque titulaire de Mesembria, Nonce Apostolique”, Paris, 21st July
Item Date:
1948
Stock No:
42262
£1750
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POWNALL
(Thomas, 1722-1805, ‘Governor Pownall’, Politician, Lieutenant Governor New Jersey, Governor of Massachusetts Bay and South Carolina) & Charles Wolfran CORNWALL (1735-1789, Speaker of the House of Commons)
Letter signed by the above and David Cuthbert to Charles JENKINSON
(1729-1808, Lord of the Treasury) replying to an enquiry from the Treasury Commissioners “referring to Us the annex'd Memorial of Nicholas Magens, directing us to Examine the Certificate... & to report to you... whether the said certificate has been duly granted, & whether it is the Property of Persons accused or suspected of Fraud...” giving the answers that the certificate had been officially granted and “it does not appear to us that Casimir Bilgen, in whose favour the certificate was granted, is among the number of Persons accused or suspected of Fraud... the said certificate amounting to the sum of Twenty four Thousand Eight hundred & forty five Ducats, one Rixdollar, nine mariengros & two pfg, the Ducat at two & three quarters, ought to be satisfied...”, 2 side folio, Scotland Yard, 3rd November
Item Date:
1763
Stock No:
2665
£300
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“MY MIND IS RATHER SHY AND COY”
RADCLYFFE-HALL
(Marguerite Antonia, 1880-1943, Novelist & Poet)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Frances,
saying she is “awfully glad you liked my maiden effort at Advertisement. I too thought it rather good, and feel as pleased as I do when I have written a first class chapter. As to your ‘worrying’ me - you did not worry me at all. If I can be of the least help, please do not hesitate to enlist my services - they will always be at your disposal. So let me see the P.C.8, when they are ready send me one to look at. If any wonderful ideas occur to me I will communicate them forth with, but I don’t expect they will, unless you ask me - my mind is rather shy and coy!...”, 2 sides 8vo., 37 Holland Street, Kensington, 21st February
Item Date:
1926
Stock No:
41876
£425
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RANSOME GIVES ADVICE ON SAILING ON THE NORFOLK BROADS
RANSOME
(Arthur, 1884-1967, Writer of ‘Swallows & Amazons’)
Fine Typed Letter Signed with Autograph corrections to J. Higgins
saying that “thousands of people of all ages go to the Broads to learn how to sail, and, after half an hour’s instruction by the boat-hirer go off sailing extremely badly and within a very few hours are managing quite well, and at the end of their week have taught themselves and bring their boats back with all but professional skill. Do not on any account hire a boat with a skipper, If you prove to be incompetent yourself (which I do not expect) your son, aged twelve, will see that you come to no harm. A motor cruiser will be a disappointment to him and will merely put off for a year the beginning of your own sailing education. One other important point. Hire the SMALLEST boat into which you can cram yourselves. As for avoiding the more populous places... you can moor to the bank almost anywhere. You should not go south of Acle until you have had a little experience. For many years I used myself to hire FAIRWAYS... but there are plenty of other such boats... And you should settle down to do a lot of home-work, reading elementary works on sailing... don’t be misled by modesty into hiring a motor cruiser. In another twenty years perhaps, but nobody is fit to run a motor cruiser on the Broads until he has sailed and consequently understands what the sailing boats he will meet are actually doing and going to do. I am quite sure that your son will pull you through. I have seen it happen again and again.. With best wishes for the success of your first voyage...”, 2 sides oblong 4to., Jonathan Cape headed paper, 30 Bedford Square, 9th January
Item Date:
1950
Stock No:
40670
£225
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ROOSEVELT
(Eleanor, 1884-1962, Wife of Franklin Delano, Philanthropist)
Typed Letter Signed to Mr Hartmann
thanking him for his letter and saying she is “most happy to send you my autograph for your collection...”, 1 side 4to., Val-Kill Cottage, Hyde Park, New York headed paper, 1st December
Item Date:
1955
Stock No:
41036
£160
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