WALPOLE
(Spencer Horatio, 1806-1898, M.P. for Cambridge University, Home Secretary)
Autograph Letter Signed to C.W. Simpson,
saying his "English Essay on John of Gaunt has given sincere pleasure", especially from "the pains you have taken in examining the original sources", and wishing Simpson had been able "to trace more completely his exact relations to Wicliffe ... but I doubt whether that will be ever capable of explanation", 4 sides 8vo., Ealing, 19th March
Item Date:
1874
Stock No:
50682
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WALPOLE
(Sir Robert, 1st Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, 1st British Prime Minister)
Top Portion of a Document Signed by him on the verso,
under a manuscript transfer note, saying "I Doe hereby assigne & transfer all my Right, title & Interest in the within order & the Tally thereto belonging with Interest due and to grow due thereupon unto the Governor and Company of the Bank of England ...", with a note below, "Reg[iste]red J Hay", the printed text on the recto is the beginning of an Order in virtue of the main annual tax Act, first passed in 1711, for duty on many goods and renewed annually, this time "Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, for the Service of the Year One thousand Seven hundred and fifteen and for making forth Duplicates of Exchequer Bills and Lottery Tickers, lost, burnt or destroy'd ...", 1 side oblong 8vo., Pay Office, Horse Guards, 30th September
Item Date:
1715
Stock No:
34619
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WALPOLE
(Spencer Horatio, 1806-1898, F.R.S., Chairman of the GWR, Home Secretary)
Autograph envelope signed,
to J. Winter Jones at the British Museum, London, 13th April
Item Date:
1876
Stock No:
51068
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WALPOLE
(Spencer, 1806-1898, M.P. for Cambridge, Home Secretary)
Autograph Letter in the third person to Dr George Phillips, 1804-1892,
Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, accepting for dinner on 9th June (to meet the new Chancellor, the Duke of Devonshire), with autograph envelope front, 2 sides 8vo., 9 Grafton Street, London, 22nd May
Item Date:
1862
Stock No:
50076
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WALPOLE
(Robert, 2nd Earl of Orford, d. 1751, Government Official, Son of Sir Robert)
Fine signature on end of document, 25th September
Item Date:
1748
Stock No:
8825
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