FERGUSON, Adam (1723-1816). SMITH, Adam. Legal Document, signed by Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, Lord Chancellor, relating to Ferguson's case against the Earl of Stanhope and the 5th Earl of Chesterfield to attempt to resolve a dispute over an unpaid annuity, a case in which Adam Smith was ...
EDWARD I, King of England, 1239-1307. STATUTE OF GLOUCESTER. Early copy of The statute of Gloucester of 1278 [and a small section only, at end, on the separate legislation on the hearing of 'Quo Warranto' pleas], manuscript roll on vellum, being one of the major pieces of legislation enacted dur...
WILDE, Oscar. Autograph Letter Signed to the artist F H Townshend concerning the latter's illustration for 'The Canterville Ghost'. Sotheby's, LO7411, 13 Dec 2007, Lot 82. Creation dates: [Feb 1887]
HENRY VII, King of England, 1457-1509. CORNISH REBELLION. Document Signed ('HR'), on vellum, confirming the pardon of two of the Cornish rebels, Shene. Creation dates: June [1498]
INDIA. Group of 3 manuscript documents evidently from the papers of Lt-Col Sir Lovell Benjamin Badcock Lovell reporting on the progress of the South Mahratta incident in 1845, being: 'True copy' of a letter from W Courtney, Political Superintendent at Sawuntwaree, to R[obert] D[eane] Parke, Jo...
LAWRENCE, T E (Thomas Edward). Autograph Letter Signed ('T.E.S.') to the writer Henry Williamson, announcing the completion of his translation of the 'Odyssey' and praising Williamson's 'The Dream of Fair Women'. Creation dates: Sep 1931
CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer (1874-1965). Typed Letter (signed by a member of Churchill's staff), on Prime Minister's headed paper, to Churchill's dentist, Wilfrid Fish, informing him that Churchill wishes to recommend him for a Knighthood, Nov 1953. Typescript copy of signed letter fr...