Resultados de búsqueda: Miscellaneous Misc from Sophie Dupre

(1843-1923, Lord Mayor of London 1906-1907), saying he has just spent a week with "the Provost of my College (Oriel)" and was the oldest member at the 'Gaudy', he recalls his father laying the foundation stone of London Bridge in 1825, with its Latin inscription by an earlier Provost, he was disapppointed not to be able to come to the Lord Mayor's luncheon to honour Sir William's 80th birthday, 3 sides 8vo, 16 South Parade, Bedford Park, W.4., 2nd July faint trace of laying down on blank fourth side

(1844-1898, Bishop of Melanesia, 1877-1890), saying his letter "has deeply touched me. I shall venture to send an extract... to the local papers. It will do good", he will at once forward "the cheques... to the Manchester Secretary", and rejoices at the "approaching happiness" of the Bishop's second marriage, he often hears "of yourself & your work thro' my wifes old friend Miss Newton, now Mrs Roby... ", blind embossed stamp of the House of Lords, 3 sides 7¼" x 4½", 16 Suffolk Street, London S.W., no date but Fraser, whose statue stands near Manchester Town Hall, was looked to in many social fields, particularly education, and arbitrated in disputes between employees and employers.

sending his autograph "as you request; but have none of the other that I can spare", embossed arms at head in red and 'Cenngaelan' in Irish letters, identification by Berry on side 4, 1 side 8vo., with conjugate leaf, Gray's Inn, 13th June traces of sealing wax in corners of side 3 Kenealy defended the Tichborne Claimant for perjury, following the collapse of the latter's case for ejecting the tenant of the Tichborne estates. He made it the longest nisi prius trial on record. The violence of Kenealy's pleading caused him to be censured by the jury, and to be disbenched and disbarred from Gray's Inn on 17th August 1874. The case came in the popular mind to represent the difficulty of the working man in obtaining justice, on the strength of which Kenealy started 'The Englishman' newspaper and was elected for Stoke, 1875-1880.

(1821-1879, second son of John Ellis, Chairman of the Midland Railway), saying that "the report has reached me this morning... nothing in it... appears to necessitate our taking any public notice of it as I feared might be the case... but I have no idea of destroying any papers or documents... for we cannot trust our adversaries", the report appears to be an acquittal for the writer and his friends, "What will be the result of the firebrand thrown down for the next anniversary meeting neither we nor the Arbitrator can foresee... Make my best regards to Mr. Malin. The Infirmary is suffering a loss in him which I can never hope to see repaired... We have been most scandalously treated", he refers to "the unscrupulous attempts of the Doctors to drag us into a mere personal quarrel to cover their own delinquencies... I may still remain connected" with the Infirmary, "for the much longer time I hope it may have the benefit of your services", 3 sides 8vo., Clifton,… Leer más

Lord Mayor of London, asking him to "grant me an interview on a matter of National Importance and allow me to bring... Mr Alan Stoneham whose letter in the Times of February 7th you may very possibly have seen", 2 sides 8vo., 6th March mounting strip on left margin of recto

saying that "Mr Rabson tells me that some of the best Customers that have dealt with him since he has been in Trade, will immediately go to some other Shop if the Goods which they have ordered are not sent home directly", he engages that "if you'll supply him with Hatts... to the amount of one Hundred Pounds on the usual Credit... I will pay you that Money... and will give you any further undertaking", followed by their draft reply, "As I consider you & Mr H stand pledged to us for the payment of Rabson & Lomacks Debts and you the only Cause I am Kept out of it I am determined not to furnish any more Goods to them. Tis in your power... to assent to the Sale of the Estates - to put Rabsons Credit on a better footing and... prevent them the Disgrace & us the Trouble... There can be no difficulty in your obtaining them Goods from other Houses but... it would be the Height of Folly for us... until we find in you an Active Inclination to do us Compleat… Leer más

second son of John Ellis (Chairman of the Midland Railway), of Belgrave, Leicestershire, saying he has obtained "some of the Acorns from the Famous Shelton Oak... they were gathered in my Presence and I can assure you they are highly prized", he will forward them "on receipt of yours as proposed", woodblock arms of the Shropshire Constabulary, 1 side 4to., County Constabulary Office, Shrewsbury, 28th October

thanking him for "your most welcome gift, which I was heartily glad to receive last night. It is a great cheer to be thus helped by others in all the work which I have in hand & I shall spend the money with great pleasure...", 1 side 8vo., 190 Marylebone Road, 16th February Hill was a moving force behind the development of social housing, and her early friendship with John Ruskin enabled her to put her theories into practice with the aid of his initial investment. She believed in self-reliance, and made it a key part of her housing system that she and her assistants knew their tenants personally and encouraged them to better themselves. She was opposed to municipal provision of housing, believing it to be bureaucratic and impersonal.

saying she is compiling "the Memoirs of my husband", and would be grateful to see "any letters you may have had from Him - as I find from letters in my possession that you had some correspondence with Him", 3 sides 8vo. black-edged, Macharioch, Campbelltown, Argyllshire, 23rd March The Duchess was formerly extra Woman of the Bedchamber and Private Secretary to Queen Victoria. By her marriage in 1895 she became Princess Louise's step-mother.

thanking him for "the extract you have sent me from the Leicester Journal. It appears to have been a very interesting discovery. Some glass vessels of the same sort were found at Gloucester a few years ago in digging the foundations of the New Alms Houses in the London road, what became of them I don't know. Alas our Gloucester people have little interest for these things. We are little aware how much glass we used by the Romans..." and then mentioning the glass in local Roman villas, "At Chedworth villa the window glass was prettily cut or engraved with ears of corn or barley", and here he has put a little illustration of the design, 2 sides 8vo., Hampsted Court, 14th March

(1821-1879, second son of John Ellis, 1789-1862, Chairman of the Midland Railway), of Belgrave, Leicestershire, saying "In re... Anchor Wyke... we found it the opposite side of the Thames to Runnymede - A glorious old tree it is!... the woman at the lodge found the gardeners wife" who "found the gardener's son" to take him, he encloses "a sprig... what the little berry looking things are I don't know but there were no ripe berries upon it... plucked within 5 hours of this present writing... the house is nothing - from its appearance there might have been half a dozen such since the old yew was planted", he mentions the recent owners, "As respects Henry VIII whatever the place might have been in his time it is now a very snug one for saying soft things to soft women in - the boy told me the yew is 1100 years old", 4 sides 8vo., Boveney Court, Windsor, 10th October

thanking her for an invitation and saying that she is "so very sorry that I am engaged for that night. It would have been a great pleasure to me to see the lantern exhibition, as it is a question I am much interested in & I hear Mr Clarke is a great authority. I scarcely like to invite such severe criticism as yours would necessarily be but if you had time to look in at my - I fear very inferior - lantern show at S. Kensington, I should be greatly pleased. My slides are made by a semi-professional who devotes immense care to his work...", 3 sides 8vo., 45d Colville Gardens, 29th December Jane Harrison lectured on Classical Archaeology at Newnham, Cambridge, and wrote important works on Greek religion and ancient art and ritual. She has also been credited with being the first woman to obtain a post in England as a 'career academic'. Harrison argued for women's suffrage but thought she would never want to vote herself. Ellen Wordsworth Crofts, later second wife of Sir Francis… Leer más

saying as he has "some lantern views of Cluny Abbey church, would it be feasible to have the lantern? It helps the affair of 'talk' ", 1 side 8vo., College of Arms, London E.C., 2nd January

(1856-1938, Hon. Secretary to the Eton War Memorial Fund), saying he will be "very pleased to see you... Tomorrow... the Office being closed to the public I shall be free from interruption", 1 side 8vo., Rolls House, Chancery Lane, W.C., 27th June trace of transparent strip at blank top of recto Maxwell Lyte wrote a history of Eton, 1877, and Chance a history of Chance Brothers, the glassmakers, including his father Sir James' work on lighthouses, 1919.

(1821-1879, son of John Ellis, Chairman of the Midland Railway), saying he has "gathered all the produce of Sir Philip Sidney's Oak; of which only amounts to about fifty acorns, the tree being so old it does not bear much seed", asking him "how I am to send them and what to pack them in", 1 side 8vo., Penshurst Castle, 18th October n.y., c. Sir Philip Sidney, 1554-1586, soldier, statesman and poet.

for £1 18s 4d from Edward Dugdale "for Probate of Mary Dugdale's Will", no place, 20th November

thanking him "for the telegram you were so good as to get me. We have had a letter from Cecil, posted at St Helena - All... quite well..." and asking him to dine, 2 sides 8vo.,

(1811-1889, wife of the 1st Baron), telling her that "These days tire me so I have not been able to try & find you visible as I much wished - my foot too is by no means lively after the '7 chiese' [churches] - of yesterday: I heard from Lady Ely yesterday in London... she says Ignatieff's visit made a great sensation... & people fear war [between Russia and Turkey] must come eventually towards spring ?? - !!!!! (next spring I hope??)" and that "poor Lady Caroline Lascelles has lost her son... found dead in his bed from apoplexy. - [the new] Lady Walsingham was to have been married at Broadlands... but it seems the clergyman there wld. not marry a divorced woman as many Protestant clergymen refuse to do (& the law cannot force them...) so she was married at Trinity Church - Chelsea", she sends "a little book... by Mrs. Aug. Craven (Pauline de la Ferronaye) the life of an aunt of my son in law's (his mother is 'née' Minutolo) this poor… Leer más

to Henry Wilson, Esq., with quantities and prices, almost every weekday from 26th September to 31st December, nearly all at 7d per pound, a few at 6½d, totalling £52 11s 6½d, 2 sides 16¼" x 6¼", with Jiggins' separate receipt, no place, September - December 1842 and 3rd March The list includes beef, mutton, veal, with the occasional ox tongue at 3s, 3s 6d or 5s. The weight and frequency of many of the single entries - rising to 118 pounds of beef just before Christmas - suggest that Mr Wilson kept a very large establishment or, more likely, a shop.

concerning share buying & selling, "The ordinary mug, like me, always seems to buy in the dearest market and sell in the cheapest...", asking him to do transactions and for advice, 4 sides 8vo., Savile Club, 111 Dorset House & Westbrook House, 22nd February 1957 to 17th November