ELIZABETH
(Princess, 1770-1840, daughter of George III, wife (1818) of Friedrich VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg)
Autograph Letter Signed “Eliza”, to “My Lord”
saying that “My sister Augusta has desired me to join her in a request to You concerning Lieutenant Bailey who is a young man we originally fitted out & are very much interested inn. His sole prospect in Life is his Profession, he is the son of a very deserving woman who we have known for many years therefore we could not possibly refuse the application tho both my sister & myself are sensible that you must be so pressed with petitions that it is with the greatest delicacy we mention Henry Waltham Bailey to you - His Mother has entreated she may send this letter to us we could not help obliging her if it is incorrect we trust you will have the goodness to pardon us. We both are very sensible of the constant kindness & good humour you have ever shown us about the young Men we have been interested about...”, 2 sides 4to., Windsor Castle, 18th May
Item Date:
1814
Stock No:
43661
£375
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GREGORY XVI
(Bartolommeo Alberto Cappellari, 1765-1846, Camaldolese Abbot, from 1831 Pope)
Manuscript request for an Indulgence with his Autograph Acceptance signed,
the request is “Maria B. living in Verona, begs Your Holiness to deign to grant her a plenary indulgence every time she approaches Holy Communion, as well as on the principal solemnities of Our Lord and of the Good Virgin, and on the days of All Saints and the commemoration of the faithful departed...” and underneath he has written “On the 9th of September, 1832. I grant the favour as requested. Gregory, Pope XVI”, 1 side folio, no place, 9th September
Item Date:
1832
Stock No:
43664
£750
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GREGORY XVI
(Bartolommeo Alberto Cappellari, 1765-1846, Camaldolese Abbot, from 1831 Pope)
Autograph Letter, not signed, in Italian
in his neat hand, to ‘Signor Cavaliere’ (‘Dear Knight’), about the endowments of two monasteries sequestrated by the French in Italy during the Napoleonic occupation, saying he has been sent “by the distinguished Advocate Tramm your sentiments concerning the matter of the well known endowments of the Monasteries of Classe [in the city of Ravenna, built by the monks of Sant’ Apollinare di Classe as a refuge from malaria] and S[ant’] Ippolito at Faenza, in reply to mine forwarded to you by various messengers”, and praying him “to reflect, that the fundamental change of circumstances, during the period from 1808 to the present”, when the French occupied Rome, when Pope Pius VII was imprisoned at Grenoble (1809), and later at Savona and Fontainebleau, and the Papal states were annexed to France, “would render this project most damaging and fatal to the said Monasteries, a project which would otherwise be of some advantage to my Congregation”, that of San Michele di Murano within the Order of Camaldoli, “your nobleness of spirit, I am sure... will allow you to consider these very relevant comments in all fairness, and that... you will come to cease from further worry or from any undertaking to liquidate the said endowments”, Cappellari explains that previously the Cavaliere was “taking a position against the Monte Napoleone”, the bank in Milan re-founded in 1804 by Napoleon and charged with managing the public finances, “to avoid a clear loss: from now on you would be against the Monasteries themselves, actively depriving you of what is still left to you, which it is not in my power to do”, and hoping “should you come this way, to be able to pay my respects in person”, adding “we will be able to agree our method of proceeding to each other's convenience and in a friendly manner in cutting through the apparent contradiction, meanwhile being fully aware of the good sense evident in your plan, I have the honour to be and declare myself with perfect esteem”, 1 side folio and conjugate blank, no place, 28th October
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
42279
£1250
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ORPEN
(Sir William, 1878-1931, Portrait, Genre & War Painter)
Autograph Letter Signed ‘William Orpen’ to ‘Dear Mr Maugham’
saying that “on behalf of my miserable wife (miserable because she is my wife). I write to thank thee for her dry. feet also for a most excellent and entertaining dinner and all that sort of thank (only I can’t write...”, 1 side 4to., 8 South Bolton Gardens, Sunday, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
43656
£325
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PIUS VIII
(born Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Castiglioni, 1761-1830, Pope from 1829 to his death)
A friendly Clerk Written Letter Signed to “the Prior and Canons of the Collegiate Church of Cingoli”
saying he is “exceedingly obliged by the gracious interest that the Most Illustrious Ladies are pleased to show toward me, through the kind and delicate congratulations you have favoured me with for the office of Major Penitentiary, to which I have been called solely by sovereign clemency, and by the desire you express to see me in my homeland before my departure for Rome. I therefore offer You my distinguished thanks, from the depths of my heart, for such favour. However, I find it difficult to be able to satisfy Your aforementioned wish, due to the various commitments that I must attend to before my departure. I therefore ask You for Your fervent prayers to our Holy Protector, and, eager to reciprocate with all due affection and esteem...”, 1 side 4to., Cesena, 25th August
Item Date:
1821
Stock No:
43663
£975
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