BUCKINGHAM (James Silk, 1786-1855, Author & Traveller)

Fine Autograph Letter signed to R. Shortridge enclosing "a Prospectus of a Voyage I am about to undertake, & which I believe will have your sincere good wishes, I hope, indeed, it will have more & that from both sides of the Tyne. I shall have the honor of some names at least in support of it. If these could arrive before the List is issued, which will be in 10 or 12 days hence it would be an additional advantage & in this hope I remain yours very truly ...", 2 sides 8vo., London, June

Buckingham spent his youth at sea, and in 1797 he was captured by the French and held as a prisoner of war at Corunna. In 1821, his Travels in Palestine was published, followed by Travels Among the Arab Tribesin 1825. After years of wandering he settled in India, where he established a periodical, the Calcutta Journal, in 1818. In 1823 the paper's outspoken criticisms of the East India Company led to the expulsion of Buckingham from India. He worked as a journalist in London form 1824-30 and was MP for Sheffield (1832-37). He later travelled in the USA and Europe as a lecturer.

Item Date:  1830

Stock No:  39403