LAWSON
(Sir Henry Merrick, 1859-1933, Lieutenant-General during World War I)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
replying to a letter asking him for his autograph, “which I am happy to let you have although it is of no value at all - I return your postage stamp. I am sorry you have not so far succeeded in getting an autograph of Lord Kitchener whose genuine greatness should never be forgotten and who towered above all his contemporaries. Perhaps if you wrote to his brother, the present Earl Kitchener, he might send you one...”, 2 sides oblong 8vo.., 78 Carlisle Mansions, SW1, 25th April
Item Date:
1930
Stock No:
43609
£65
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MARIA CAROLINA
(1752-1814, Queen of Ferdinand IV and I of Naples and Sicily, Daughter of Empress Maria Theresia)
Fine Document in Italian with translation signed ‘Maria Carolina’ to Archduchess Amalia
saying that “Since we cannot receive the Royal Child, whom we expect to be born happily, from the sacred Fountain of Regeneration, since we are unable to receive him in our absence, we therefore trust that the Most Serene Royal Princess Archduchess of Austria Maria Amalia will give herself this task without any difficulty, and we decree and appoint our Prosecutor to this present one, so that she may take our place, and in our name lift and hold the newborn Royal Child to the Sacred Fountain of Baptism, and may promise and perform all those things which are to be promised and performed, so that the institutions and rites of the Holy Roman Catholic Church may be satisfied. Which indeed we promise to hold to be ratified, valid and firm, as if We ourselves had intervened beforehand, and all things had been expedited and carried out by Us...”, 1 side folio with seal, together with a separate cove addressed to Archduchess Amalia, Naples, December
Item Date:
1796
Stock No:
43622
£1275
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THE QUEEN ACCEPTS THE HOUSEKEEPER’S RESIGNATION
MARY
(of Teck, 1867-1953, Queen of George V)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed as Queen to “Dear Jonnie”, (Mrs McKay, housekeeper at York Cottage)
saying she has received her letter and “we accept your resignation with much regret. York Cottage will seem very different without you, after all these years of faithful service, but we quite agree that you have earned a rest & we hope you will live long to enjoy it. I feel sure you will like to have a talk to me about future arrangements; will you therefore come and stay here from Tuesday 12th March till Saturday...”, 2 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope, Buckingham Palace headed paper, 3rd March
Item Date:
1918
Stock No:
43623
£225
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METTERNICH
(Prince Klemens, 1773-1859, Austrian Statesman, guiding force at the Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815)
Fine Autograph Letter, in French with Translation, Signed, addressed to Mr Twiss
saying that he has “received the enclosed letter from the secretary of the Athenaeum. Please tell me what I should reply to him. I am so ignorant of matters of this kind that I must rely on your knowledge. The issues between Berlin and Frankfurt are proceeding, as the public papers show, in a manner that, to my eyes, comes down to a pronouncement on the value or worthlessness of princely sovereignty versus that of the people. As in all things, a side issue is magnified by consequences that are, alas, incidental to the main point; it is the question of Sovereignty that is being contested between King Frederick William and Baron von Gagern with his retinue of professors. What is certain in any case is that there is no middle ground between the two combatants; it is a question of crown or cap. Which side will prevail? I am very comfortably settled here. I have time to myself, and that is all I ask...”, 2 sides 8vo., Richmond, 26th April
Item Date:
1849
Stock No:
43600
£975
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OLDENBURG
(Duke Peter Alexandrovich, 1868-1924, First Husband of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Nicholas II’s younger sister)
Autograph Letter Signed in French with translation to an unnamed correspondent
regretting “that I must forgo the pleasure of playing our promised round of golf with You on Friday morning. Hoping very much that I will be able to take part another time, I ask You, Madam, to accept the assurance of my highest consideration...”, 2 sides 8vo., on paper with a crested monogram at the head, Biarritz, Wednesday, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
43642
£175
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