LAYARD
(Sir Austen Henry, 1817-1894, Archaeologist, M.P. & Diplomat, Excavator of Nineveh)
Autograph Letter Signed to "Marsh"
thanking him for his "kind invitation. I would accept it with great pleasure if I could leave London but until Lord ... returns from Ireland and my colleague Mr Hammond from Germany I am a prisoner. I cannot go on holiday until next month ...", 2 sides 8vo., Foreign Office, 18th August date illegible but must be
Item Date:
1852
Stock No:
39744
£65
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MARLBOROUGH
(Sarah, 1660-1744, née Jennings, favourite of Queen Anne, wife of John, 1st Duke) and Francis GODOLPHIN (1678-1766, 2nd Earl, Nobleman and Politician)
Portion of a printed loan document signed as receipted on the verso
the document relates to aiding his Majesty by a Land Tax in 1721 and the receipt is also signed by William Clayton (Commissioner of the Treasury) and TORRINGTON (George Byng, 1st Viscount, 1663-1733, Admiral and Commander on the Fleet), no place 6th March
frail but professionally repaired
Item Date:
1724
Stock No:
39756
£175
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MARLBOROUGH
(Sarah, 1660-1744, née Jennings, favourite of Queen Anne, wife of John, 1st Duke), Francis GODOLPHIN (1678-1766, 2nd Earl, Nobleman and Politician) and George BYNG, Viscount TORRINGTON (1663-1733, Admiral and Commander on the Fleet)
Very fine receipt signed
for the sum of £5000 paid to the executors and trustees of the late Duke of Marlborough by George Byng "I do hereby Assign and Transfer all my Right and Title in and to this Order and the tally thereunto belonging for the Principal Sum of Five Thousand pounds with all Interest due thereon unto Sarah Dutchess Dowager ... Earl of Godolphin, William Clayton, William Guidott and John Hanbury Esq ...", the printed part of the document is the original order which details the debt to the "Right Honourable George Viscount Torrington ... the sum of Five thousand pounds in Repayment of the like Sum by him lent upon Credit of the said Act and paid into the Receipt of His Majesty's Exchequer the said Twenty-eighth Day of February 1722 ...", with the partial signatures of the Commissioners of the Treasury, Henry Pelham, George Baillie and Charles Turner, the amount was received "in full" on 23rd December, 2 sides folio, no place, 23rd December
worn on one fold and trimmed, lacking a small piece affecting the signatures of the Treasury Commissioners
Item Date:
1724
Stock No:
39757
£375
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TICKET FOR THE MELVILLE TRIAL
MELVILLE
(Henry Dundas, 1742-1811, Viscount, Statesman)
Peeress's Trial Ticket for Lady Clifford, signed 'Essex'
for the sixteenth day of the Trial of Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville, printed on both sides, the ticket in sepia with a stern warning overprinted in black that "No Lady can claim Admission into the Seats called the Peeresses Seats by this Ticket, unless her Name is written on the Back thereof, on the Line denoting the State of her Claim", 2 sides 4to., no place, no date
tear at opening of the seal slightly affecting the signature, repaired
Item Date:
1806
Stock No:
39754
£225
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MOLESWORTH
(Mary Louisa, 1839-1921, Novelist & Children's Writer)
Autograph Letter signed to an unnamed correspondent "Dear Madam"
regretting that she cannot send her "one of my photographs, which I should have done with pleasure if I had any. I have never succeeded in getting a good one taken, but should I be more fortunate at some future time I shall remember your very flattering request ...", 2 sides 8vo., on mourning paper, 29 Avenue Klëber, Paris, 5th October no year
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
39748
£150
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