CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer. Typed letter signed from Churchill, as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies in Campbell-Bannerman's Liberal government, to 'My dear Samuel' (probably Herbert Samuel, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Home Office and future Home Secretary and High C...
JOHNSON, Samuel. Autograph letter signed to his step-daughter Lucy Porter, discussing the presentation copies of his recently published Rasselas. Sotheby's, L12404, 10 July 2012, Lot 51. Creation dates: 10 May 1759
SOUTHEY, Robert. Autograph letter signed to an unnamed correspondent, presumably his printer, referring to proofs received which, though unnamed, are probably those of his History of Brazil; Southey also mentions that he has corrected some 'proofs of Kehama'. Together with his autograph jottings...
CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer. CHURCHILL, Clementine. 10 Typed letters signed from Sir Winston Churchill to John Harvey of Woodford Division Conservative Association; 26 Sep 1954-3 May 1963. 8 Typed letters signed from Clementine Churchill to John Harvey; 6 Apr 1950-22 Jan 1965. Chri...
ELIOT, George. Autograph letter signed ('M.E. Lewes') to Nicholas Trübner, requesting him to visit her regarding her late husband's manuscripts. Creation dates: 12 Mar 1879
R.M.S. TITANIC memorabilia:- (1) Autograph letter signed from Charles Frederick Morgan, assistant storekeeper on the Titanic, to his mother from on board the ship; 11 April 1912. (2) Autograph letter signed from Titanic survivor John Pillsbury Snyder to his father, written on board rescue ship...
SWIFT, Jonathan. 7 autograph letters signed to the Duke of Dorset on Church of Ireland business, one letter recommending his friend the clergyman Dr Thomas Sheridan as schoolmaster in Cavan, and the remainder mostly discussing requests for the preferment of specific individuals. Sotheby's, 10 Ju...
LHUYD, Edward (1659/60?-1709). Autograph letter signed to his fellow antiquary the Reverend Henry Rowlands (rector of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll in Anglesey), including an account of Lhuyd's arrest as a suspected spy during a philological expedition to Brittany. Christie's, 13 Jun 2012, 5334, Lot 40. ...
ELIZABETH I (1533-1603), queen of England and Ireland. Document signed (at head, 'Elizabeth R'), being letters patent binding herself for the repayment of a loan delivered by the Antwerp merchant Jeronimus Relinger to her financial agent Sir Thomas Gresham, countersigned on the verso by eight me...
YONGE, Charlotte Mary. 3 autograph letters signed to Eleanor Price, concerning the writing of the experimental novel 'The Miz Maze, or The Winkworth Puzzle', a story in letters by 9 authors (published 1883). Yonge's letters to Price are dated 25 Oct 1882, 30 Oct 1882 and 26 Nov 1882. Creation ...