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January 12
ON THIS DAY
On this day in 1810 Ferdinand II was born. He was King of the Two Sicilies from 1830 until his early death. A soldier attempted to assassinate Ferdinand in 1856, and it is possible that the infection he received from the soldier's bayonet led to his ultimate demise.
In 1834 William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville died at the ago of 74. He was a British Whig statesman. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807 as head of the Ministry of All the Talents.
[FERDINANDO II (1810-1859, from 1830 King of the Two Sicilies)]
Table Showing the State of his Navy, both sail and steam, in a neat hand, listing the type of vessel, her name and her armaments, beginning with the 80-gun Man-of-War ‘Vesuvio’, carrying 58 24-pound cannons, 4 80-pound and 4 30-pound howitzers (‘obici’), and 16 24-pound carronades (‘caronati’, short guns), also 5 Frigates, 2 Corvettes, 5 Brigantines, and 2 Schooners (‘Golette’), (all sail), followed by the growing number of Steam vessels, beginning with 6 300-horsepower Frigates, each carrying a 117-pound and a 60-pound howitzer, and 4 30-pound carronades, and 6 further steam vessels six columns on 1 side folio, no date, circa 1846
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GRENVILLE (William Wyndham, 1759-1834, Foreign Secretary, 1791-1801, Prime Minister 1806-1807, from 1790 1st Baron) and Sir Robert LISTON (1742-1836, Diplomat)
Finely Penned Document signed by both, first by Liston as Ambassador to the United States, (1796-1800), who “humbly craves payment ... of Extra Extraordinary Disbursements incurred in His Majesty’s Service” since “the 5th Day of July ... 1800 ... transmitting his dispatches to and from New York ... Journies ... by himself and others, the Purchase of Official Papers and other incidental Disbursements”, and by Grenville (as Foreign Secretary), also signed “This Bill is agreeable to Practice Jas. Hammond”, 1 side 4to, Philadelphia, 10th October 1800 and Downing Street, 11th December 1800
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