SEAMEN'S PENSIONS
BRUCE
(Hon. Thomas Charles, 1825-1890, M.P. for Portsmouth and Railway Director)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear Sir',
explaining that up to 1832, "merchant seamen were required to pay 6d a day towards the funds of Greenwich Hospital", when the Hospital was closed in 1870, "6d a day was allotted to those ... who had contributed ... before 1832", which was reckoned "a full settlement ... - whether equitable or not", the pensions are "paid by the Board of Trade" and do not benefit from increases paid by the Admiralty to the Royal Navy, he adds, "my friends the Turks have been putting themselves & us in a mess - but I think we shall survive", with his colour cartoon portrait by 'Spy', three-quarter length with magnificent whiskers, 13¾" x 8½", Vanity Fair, 29th April 1882, the letter 2 sides 8vo., 42 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, 23rd November
Item Date:
1878
Stock No:
50124
£120
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BRUNHART
(Hans, b. 1945, Head of Government of Liechtenstein 1978-1993)
Christmas card signed,
under the printed message of greeting with a stamp opposite, 8" x 6" in folded card with crest on the front, no place, no date, c.
Item Date:
1985
Stock No:
19371
£75
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BRUNNOW
(Count Philipp Ivanovich, 1797-1875, German-born Russian Ambassador to London before and after the Crimean War)
Autograph Letter Signed in French, with translation, to ‘My dear Duke’,
saying he has just “received your kind note dated yesterday. I will hasten to communicate it to the Marshal of the Court of Their Imperial Highnesses. They are going tomorrow, Tuesday, July the 1st, to dinner at Windsor, where They will remain until the following day, Wednesday, July the 2nd. I will request the Marshal of the Court to take the orders of Their Imperial Highnesses...”, 3 sides 8vo., Chesham House, London, 30th June
Item Date:
1873
Stock No:
43008
£125
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BRUNNOW
(Count Philipp Ivanovich, 1797-1875, German-born Russian Ambassador to London, 1840-1854 and 1858-1875)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My old Friend',
in German with transcription and translation, saying he has "just received from Warsaw a communication which puts me under the necessity of begging you ... to come and see me. Your dear brother gives me an important but pretty difficult decision to make, in which I personally need your advice", 1 side 8vo, no place, no date, circa
(Transcription)
Mein alter Freund,
Ich habe so eben eine Mittheilung von Warschau erhalten welcher mich in die Nothwendigheit setzt Sie so stark (?) zu bitten zu mir zu kommen. Ihr lieber Bruder giebt mir einen wichtigen aber ziemlich schwierigen Austrag, wozu ich Ihren Beistand persönlich brauche.
Ihr treuer Freund
Brunnow
(Translation)
My old friend,
I have just received from Warsaw a communication which puts me under the necessity of begging you urgently (?) to come and see me. Your dear brother gives me an important but pretty difficult decision to make, in which I personally need your advice.
Your true friend
Brunnow
Item Date:
1845
Stock No:
56307
£75
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BRUNNOW
(Count Philipp Ivanovich, 1797-1875, German-born Russian Ambassador to London before and after the Crimean War)
Autograph Letter Signed in French, with translation, to 'My dear Ambassador',
asking him if he knows Lord Russell's address in Pau, as he needs to send an answer to the letter he showed him "the other day", enclosing his draft for comments, he adds that "In due deference to a man beloved of both of us, I take to heart the need to treat his private opinions with great respect ... He is 'at home' where I am a foreigner, in England", 3 sides 8vo., Chesham House, London, 20th March
Item Date:
1872
Stock No:
51539
£75
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