Autographs&Mss from D & E Lake Ltd. (ABAC, ILAB)

np: February 15, 1778. WIELAND, Christoph Martin [1733-1813] [German Poet & Writer]. Autograph Letter in German, Signed ‘Wieland’, dated February 15, 1778, to Mr. Mann. Thanking the addressee for his friendly exertions in undertaking to have made by Verhelfs (?) a copper-engraving of a portrait of Cardinal Ximenes and sending him the drawing of Ximenes by Kraus which is… Saber más sobre este artículo

Brighton Rectory: Aug. 7, 1838. WILBERFORCE, Samuel [1805-1873] [successively Bishop of Oxford (1845-69) and Winchester (1869-73), best remembered today for his opposition to Darwin’s theory of evolution]. Autograph Letter, Signed, dated Brighton Rectory, Aug. 7, 1838, to the Honble Fox Maule[-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie] (1801-74), M.P. An angry refusal of a government request by Lord John Russell: “...I… Saber más sobre este artículo

Stratford Place, May 9, 1785. WELLESLEY, Richard Colley, 1st Marquis Wellesley [1760-1842] [Governor-General of India (1798-1805); Foreign Secretary (1809-12); Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1821-28)]. Autograph Letter, Signed ‘Mornington’, dated Stratford Place, May 9th 1785, to Monseiur Perrigaud (?), Paris. Written when Wellesley was Earl of Mornington and a member of the English House of Commons. Wellesley promises to pay… Saber más sobre este artículo

np: 19 October, 1666. MONCK, General George, first Duke of Albemarle [1608-1670] [Soldier and Politician]. Manuscript Document, Signed ‘Albemarle’, dated 19 October, 1666, addressed to John Lord Barclay and the rest of the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Ordnance. Warrant for the distribution to Lieut. Col. Sir Charles Littleton of “six barrells of powder with bullet proportionable and matches proportionable… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: May 3, 1833. WELLINGTON, Arthur WELLESLEY, first Duke of [1769-1852] [Field-Marshal; Prime Minister of England (1828-30, 1834); Commander-in-Chief of the British Army (1827-1852)]. Autograph Letter in the third person, dated London, May 3, 1833. Acknowledging the receipt of a letter but regretting that he has no recollection of having received a parcel from Mr. Rowbotham. 8vo. pp. 3.… Saber más sobre este artículo

np: Sept. 2, 1848. DE MORGAN, Augustus [1806-1971] [English Mathematician]. Autograph Letter, Signed ‘De Morgan’, dated Sept. 2, 1848, to an unnamed recipient (“My dear Colleague”). Asking for a professional opinion regarding moving an entire roomful of books and bookcases from the ground floor to the second floor, with respect to weight-bearing capacity. “...I am meditating taking myself and… Saber más sobre este artículo

np: March 22, 1803. HASTINGS, Warren [1732-1818] [Governor-General of India (1773-1785), impeached on grounds of corruption and cruelty]. Autograph Letter, Signed, dated March 22, 1803, to George Payne. Writing to say that despite reports that Mrs. Hastings has been seriously ill, she has in fact been in uncommonly good health. [OFFERED WITH:]. 2 Engraved portraits of Hastings, one by… Saber más sobre este artículo

np: April 7, 1666. MONCK, General George, first Duke of Albemarle [1608-1670] [Soldier and Politician]. Manuscript Document, Signed ‘Albemarle’, dated 7 April, 1666, addressed to the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Ordnance. Warrant for the distribution to Lieut. Thomas Fleetwood of “Four Barrells of powder with a Double proportion of match out of his Majesties stores in the Tower of… Saber más sobre este artículo