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INDIA. TONYN, J Col. Items, including some from the Tonyn family archive, including: 4 Autograph Letters from J Col Tonyn of the Madras Light Cavalry to his brother Charles, 3 to his mother, and some part Letters, on subjects including India and Patrick Tonyn, Governor of East Florida, [Madras...
MILL, John Stuart. Autograph Letter Signed to an unknown correspondent, in which he responds to an announcement of a meeting to be held for the promotion of parliamentary reform. Creation dates: Sep 1858
BOOK OF HOURS. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, being a Book of Hours, use of Paris. Containing 8 large miniatures as follows: St John on Patmos; The Annunciation; David in prayer; The Crucifixion; Pentecost; Burial service; Virgin and Child; God the Father. Creation dates: Circa 1475
CHARLES II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland. Manuscript record of the number of people touched for the curing of the 'King's Evil' by Charles II between 8 January 1682 & 12 July 1683. Creation dates: 1683
POUND, Ezra. Typed Letter and Typed Postcard from Pound to Arnold Hinchcliffe, 6 and 13 Jan [1956], referring to the cantos, and a Typed Letter Signed from Winfred Over holser, Superintendent of Saint Elizabeth's Hospital, giving Pound's permission to Hinchcliffe to make a visit, Dec 1955. Bloom...
STAWELL FAMILY. Manuscript roll on vellum, being a Family Pedigree from the Norman Conquest to the reign of Charles II of the Stawell family of Cothelstone in Somerset signed by William Harvey ('Hervy'), herald, Clarenceux King of Arms, consisting of a series of coloured coats of arms. Bloomsbur...
EDWARD VI, King of England (1548-1553). Letters Patent in the name of the King, on vellum, confirming a decree of the Court of Augmentations allowing the Bishops of Worcester to continue to enjoy revenues deriving from various dissolved monasteries and convents, with seal. Bloomsbury Auctions, 0...
OMAI (circa 1753 - circa 1780). Letter in the third person regarding Omai, first South Sea Islander in Britain, brought back by Captain Cook in 1774 on board the 'Adventurer'. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 391. Creation dates: [Circa 1775]
ALCOTT, Louisa May. Autograph Letter Signed to Mr [Rev John George] Wood, an English writer on natural history, written in the style of and with direct allusions to her book 'Little Women'. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 2. Creation dates: Apr [after 1870]
KING CHARLES II. Document signed during the Great Fire of London ordering -- Wild, Robert Jeggon and other officers to ensure the safety of refugees and their property in the Parish of St Giles, counter-signed at the foot by Lord Arlington. Sotheby's, 11408, 15 Dec 2011, Lot 2. Creation dates: ...