LIVINGSTONE, David. Autograph letter signed, dated 31 Dec 1856, to Joseph Robertson, Chairman of Hamilton Council, agreeing to attend the forthcoming ceremony to mark his receiving the Freedom of the Borough, together with a printed admission ticket to the ceremony; along with an autograph lette...
WILDE, Oscar. Autograph letter signed to 'Dear Sir', offering terms for a lecture tour, writing a week before his wedding to Constance. Creation dates: 22 May 1884
ANNE OF DENMARK, Queen of James I. Autograph letter signed to the future Duke of Buckingham ('My king dog'), possibly referring to the King's proposed visit to Woodstock in September 1617. Bonhams, sale of 13 Nov 2012, Lot 9. Creation dates: [Circa 1617]
DICKENS, Charles. Autograph letter signed to 'Miss Horner' [Ann Susan Horner, a translator and writer] declining an article for 'Household Words'. Creation dates: 16 Nov 1857
DICKENS, Charles. Autograph letter signed to J. Palgrave Simpson, referring to his piece for All the Year Round, published in No. 228, September 1863. Creation dates: 11 Aug 1863
DICKENS, Charles. Autograph letter signed to J. Palgrave Simpson, referring to a project in which Simpson wishes to interest Dickens, and other matters. Creation dates: 8 Oct 1855
COBBETT, William. Autograph letter signed to his secretary [John Yonge Akerman], one day after the duel fought between the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Winchelsea in Battersea Fields over the question of Catholic emancipation. Creation dates: 22 Mar 1829
CROMWELL, Oliver. Document signed as Lord Protector to the Commissioners of the Admiralty, ordering that two ships be supplied for the service of the King of Sweden. Creation dates: 12 Nov 1657
DEFOE, Daniel. Manuscript headed 'A Remarkable Passage of an Apparition 1665', the upper wrapper inscribed 'Ghost', written in a neat hand, being a Cornish ghost story which was published as 'An Account of a Most Surprising Apparition; Sent from Launceston in Cornwall', 1720, to capitalise on th...