Documents and Letters

Field Marshal Edmund ALLENBY, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861-1936) Typed Letter Signed ("Allenby F.M."), congratulating the Anglo-American Branch of the YMCA in Cairo on their membership campaign. 1 page 4to on letterhead of The Residency, Cairo, n.d. [1920s]. "I take this opportunity of congratulating the Anglo-American Branch of the Y.M.C.A. in...

Arthur James BALFOUR (1848-1930) Letter Signed ("Arthur James Balfour") while serving as First Lord of the Treasury, to the Reverend Isaac Taylor, regarding the "difficulty in administering the 5/- grant" to schools. 2½ pages 8vo marked "Private", 10 Downing Street, 13 March 1897. ". . . there will be great...

Sir John Poo BERESFORD (1766-1844) Autograph Letter Signed (“JP Beresford”) to “My dear Croker!” [John Wilson Croker, Secretary to the Admiralty], commenting on news of a skirmish near Badajoz and adding that “the noble Lord Cochrane . . . took 15,000£ . . . at Cadiz . . .” 3 pages...

Marie-Caroline, Duchesse de BERRY (1798-1870) Autograph Note Signed (“Marie Caroline”), authorising the payment of 2000 francs to M. Hausler.1 page oblong 8vo in French, Venice, 6 March 1844.  Marie-Caroline asks her banker to please “. . . give to M. Hausler upon his receipt the sum of two thousand francs...

Louis Alexandre BERTHIER, Prince of Wagram and Neuchatel (1753-1815) Letter Signed (“Ml Berthier”) to the Inspector in Chief of Revenues for the Grande Armée, informing him which servicemen will or will not be eligible for bonuses paid at the end of the Austerlitz campaign. 1 page folio in French, Munich,...

Louis Alexandre BERTHIER, Prince of Wagram and Neuchatel (1753-1815) Letter Signed (“alexandre”) to the Duc de Bellune [Marshal Victor], expressing his pleasure at a show of harmony between French soldiers and the Spanish population celebrating Napoleon’s birthday.1 page 4to in French, Fontainebleau, 2 October 1810.        Trans: “I received...

 Louis Alexandre BERTHIER, Prince of Wagram and Neuchatel (1753-1815) Letter Signed (“alexandre”) an order to M. de Septeuil to remain on the staff of the duc d’Istrie [Marshal Bessières]. 1 page 4to with integral blank leaf, Paris, 26 March 1811.                      ...

Joseph BONAPARTE (1768-1844) Autograph Letter Signed (“joseph”) to “Milord”, expressing his friendship and his hopes for harmony between their two countries during the Hundred Days.1 page 4to in French with integral blank leaf, Paris, 26 April 1815. Trans: “You gave me a homeland when my own rejected me, and that new...

Louis BONAPARTE (1778-1846) Letter Signed (“Louis Bonaparte”) to M. Villeneuve, informing him that he had requested his admission to the Legion of Honour. Half page 4to in French, Paris 2 pluviose an 13 [22 January 1805].                     Trans: “I have received, Monsieur,...

Isabel BURTON (1831-1896) Autograph Letter Signed (“Isabel Burton”) to “Dear Mr. Irwin”, explaining that her husband “was taken suddenly dangerously ill” and “cannot be spoken to”. 1 page 8vo with integral blank leaf, Hotel Windsor, Cannes, 3 March [1887].                      ...

Sir Robert CALDER (1745-1818) Autograph Letter Signed (“Robt Calder”) to “My dear Bickerton” [Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton], asking him to allow Captain Smith of the Orestes to visit Southampton for three days. 1 page 4to with integral address leaf, Plymouth, 30 May 1812.     “This will be delivered to you...

CAROLINE AMALIE, Queen Consort of Denmark (1796-1881) Autograph Letter Signed (“Caroline Amelie”), to “Chère Madame Fry!”, welcoming the prison reformer Elizabeth Fry to Denmark.1 page 8vo in French, n.p., n.d. [annotated in another hand “1842”, but more likely 1841].    Trans: “The bearer of these lines, Mr. Pauli, is a...

Austen CHAMBERLAIN (1863-1937) Autograph Letter Signed (“Austen Chamberlain”) to “My dear Prime Minister” [Ramsay MacDonald], marked “Personal”, expressing concern about the Prime Minister’s health and wellbeing, weeks after the General Election.2½ pages large 4to, 58 Rutland Gate SW7, 16 November 1931.                  ...

Jean-Antoine CHAPTAL (1756-1832) Letter Signed (“Chaptal”) as Minister of the Interior to Citizen Victor Dalmas in Toulouse replying to his request for a position in the Prefecture.1 page folio in French, Paris, 10 Prairial an 11 [30 May 1803]. Trans: “I have received, Citizen, the letter in which you renew your...

Henri Jacques Guillaume CLARKE, Duc de Feltre (1765-1818) Letter Signed (“Duc de Feltre”) as Minister of War, ordering General Seroux to go to Magdeburg to take command of the artillery. 1 page folio in French with integral blank leaf, Paris, 22 August 1812.              ...

COMITE DE SALUT PUBLIC Document Signed ("Carnot" "Charles Cochon" "Prieur d[e] l[a] m[arne]" "Lo[ui]s Guyton" "J[ean]. F[rancois]. B[ertrand] Delmas" "Merlin. d[e] d[ouai]" and one other), as members of the Comite de Salut Public, authorising Citizen Florin Delaoutre to export cloth to Switzerland and to import cotton.  1½ pages folio in...

Henry CROMWELL (d. 1604) Document Signed (“Harry Cromwell”), an acquittance for three thousand eight hundred pounds for the purchase of the “messuages, lands . . .and hereditaments . . .” in St. Neots, also signed by the witnesses. The original seal, which would have been under Cromwell’s signature, has been...

Alfred, Count D’ORSAY (1801-1852) Autograph Letter Signed (“A d’Orsay”) to an unnamed correspondent, probably an art publisher, 1 page 8vo on gilt-edged paper with integral blank leaf, Gore House [Kensington], 30 August 1848.       “I think that you will find that I have much improved the likeness. Lady Blessington...

Peter de CORBEIL (d. 1222) Document in his name as Archbishop of Sens, confirming an agreement to settle a dispute over tithes between the church of 'Roseto' and Girardus, priest of 'Maravilla'. The text written in an accomplished secretarial hand, n.p. [most probably Sens, Burgundy], August 1213. 1 page in Latin...

William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of DEVONSHIRE (1790-1858) Autograph Letter Signed (“Devonshire”) to “My dr Sir”, informing his correspondent that Lord Mulgrave would be at Lismore and “I recommend him to your kind attention.”1 page 8vo with integral blank leaf, Brighton, 14 July 1835. “Lord Mulgrave is going to make...