"ALL THE GHOSTS ... ARE PEACEFUL"
MACDONALD
(J. Ramsay, 1866-1937, Prime Minister)
Fine Typed Letter Signed to Mrs Nodin
thanking her for her letter and saying that he is "indeed head over ears in work, and as every day brings its own lot I do not know when I am going to get through it. I have been at home ever since I returned from Algiers. I wish you could come up and see the house and not only hear about it. It is very quiet, and all the ghosts in it are peaceful ...", 1 side A4, House of Commons headed paper, 9th February
Item Date:
1927
Stock No:
40052
£275
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MACKINTOSH
(Sir James, 1765-1832, Philosopher, M.P.)
Autograph Letter Signed to "My Dear Knight of Kerry",
saying he is "a little indisposed perhaps from the heat of the Weather so that I am dissuaded from going to the House of Commons ... I am very sorry to be absent on a Motion of yours about Ireland...", 1 side 8vo. with integral autograph address leaf, Holl House, Thursday, no date, together with engraved portrait by Cochran of the picture by Thos Lawrence, 7½" x 4½",
seal removed from conjugate leaf
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
1930
£25
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MAC-MAHON
(Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de, 1808-1893, Marshal of France and Duke of Magenta, President 1873-1879, also Prime Minister 1873-1874)
Finely penned Document signed, in French with translation, to the President of Peru,
(Manuel Pardo,1834-1878, President 1872-1876), recalling the French Envoy M. de Billonet, not doubting that the envoy "has taken every opportunity presented to him to express the gratitude he deeply feels for the marks of goodwill which you have shown him during his stay at Lima", with his own wishes for Peru and the President, signed also by the duc de Decazes, (1819-1886, Foreign Minister 1873-1877), 1 side folio, Versailles, 2nd June
Item Date:
1875
Stock No:
52554
£225
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MAC-MAHON
(Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de, 1808-1893, Marshal of France and Duke of Magenta, President 1873-1879, also Prime Minister 1873-1874)
Finely penned Document signed, in French with translation, to the President of Peru,
(Mariano Ignacio Prado, 1826-1902, three times President of Peru between 1865 and 1879, the first time as dictator), saying he has resolved to accredit to the President M. Domet de Vorges as Minister Plenipotentiary, mentioining the latter's "spirit of conciliation and his patriotism", asking him to place confidence in all he shall say on the writer's behalf, especially in conveying his good wishes and esteem, signed also by William Henry Waddington (1826-1894, French Foreign Minister and Prime Minister), 1 side folio, Paris, 15th December
a few short closed tears in blank portions, light creasing in right margin, small defect in top left corner
Item Date:
1877
Stock No:
52555
£250
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MACMILLAN
(Harold, 1894-1986, Prime Minister, from 1984 1st Earl of Stockton)
Signed Reproduction in black and white of his Portrait by Sir James Gunn,
painted for his old college Balliol, showing him seated three quarter length, almost full face, his hands on his knees, in his robes as Chancellor of Oxford University, signed across the top left corner of the clear background, no place, no date, the portrait dated
Item Date:
1962
Stock No:
56615
£55
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