BANK RESTRICTIONS IN THE NAPOLEONIC WAR
GEORGE III
(1738-1820, King of Great Britain) and the Third Duke of PORTLAND (William H. Cavendish Bentinck, 1738-1809, Prime Minister)
Fine document signed at the head addressed to Messrs William and Thomas Raikes & Co.,
printed with manuscript details, giving “Our Royal Licence, authorizjng them to pay two Bills of Exchange for the respective sums of £290 & £473.19.10, the former drawn on themselves the other on Messrs Boyd Benfield & Co drawn at Leghorn...”, the printed side states that “by these Presents and by the Powers vested in us by the Act passed in the Thirty-fourth Year of Our Reign, intitled ‘An Act for preventing Money or Effects in the Hands of His Majesty’s Subjects, belonging to, or disposable by, Persons resident in France, being applied to the Use of the Persons exercising the Powers of Government in France, and for preserving the Property thereof’...”, countersigned by Portland, 1 side folio with papered seal, Court at St James’s, 1st April
Item Date:
1799
Stock No:
42237
£675
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GEORGE III
(1738-1820, King of Great Britain) & Thomas PELHAM (2nd Earl of Chicester, 1756-1826, Whig Politician, Home Secretary)
Fine Document signed at the head
appointing “Our Trusty and Wellbeloved Major Thoam Inglis on half pay of our One Hundred and Twenty Sixth Regiment of Foot... to be Lieutenant Colonel...”, countersigned by Pelham at the foot, 1 side oblong folio on vellum with papered seal and revenue stamp, Court at St James’s, 29th April
Item Date:
1802
Stock No:
42584
£575
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GEORGE III
(1738-1820, King of Great Britain) and 2nd Earl LIVERPOOL (Robert Banks Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury, 1770-1828, Prime Minister)
Commission Document signed with a late mad signature,
printed with the details filled in by hand, appointing Colonel James Pringle “to be Major General in our Army in the East Indies only...”, countersigned by Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl LIVERPOOL (Baron Hawkesbury, 1770-1828, Prime Minister), 1 side oblong folio on vellum with papered seal and revenue stamp, St James’s, 25th October
Item Date:
1809
Stock No:
43632
£375
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THE PRINCE REGENT'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR ARRANGING TO MAKE A NEW DIAL FOR A CLOCK
GEORGE IV
(1762-1830, King of Great Britain)
Autograph Letter, not signed, to Mr Peacock
ordering him "immediately upon receipt of this apply ... for permission to go into the King's Gallery to take the measures, which Mr Vullamy requires to have worked in the enclosed sketch ... should be ready against he calls at the Palace tomorrow forenoon to take off the hand of the Dials, previous to your people removing the Dial itself, which it was agreed upon between Mr Farker, Mr Vullamy & me should be done to enable him to see the exact state of the Rods at the back of it, prior to his making a plan of what will be necessary to be done to afford me the benefit of a Similar Dial over the Looking Glass in my wardrobe ...", enclosing an "extract from Mr Vullamy's letter that accompanied the plan ...", 2 sides 4to., no place, no date, paper watermarked
Item Date:
1911
Stock No:
39356
£475
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GEORGE IV
(1762-1830, King of Great Britain)
Initials 'G.R.' on an envelope front in another hand
addressed to "The Lord Chancellor &c &c &c Private", 3" x 4½", laid down on piece 4" x 7¾", with old identification, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1825
Stock No:
55103
£75
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