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ELISABETH-CHARLOTTE, Duchesse d'ORLEANS (1652-1722). Autograph letter signed to her 'belle doudou' [her half-sister Amalie Elisabeth von der Pfalz] advising her on health matters. Creation date: 16 Jun 1703.
MASKELYNE, Nevil (1732-1811). Autograph letter signed to Messrs Loggen & Pearson, Attorneys at Law. And another ALS (1804) and printed tables ('Track of His Majesty's armed Brig Lion'). Creation date: 20 Jun 1798 and 1804.
ALEXANDER-SINCLAIR, Admiral Sir Edwin Sinclair (1865-1945). Autograph letter signed to the artist W. L. Wyllie. Letter describes the downing of a zeppelin. Creation date: 22 May 1916.
(1). Baron von STEUBEN. Autograph letter signed. French, 4 Apr 1782. Regarding funding for a corps of 8000 men. (2). Gouverneur MORRIS. Letter signed. 18 Aug 1814. To a tradesman (Mr Cornell) about an error in a bill. (3). Chevalier d'ORLEANS [Louis Egalite]. Autograph letter signed. 1799. To ...
ALBUM containing a collection of manuscript theatrical programmes, playbills, plays, poems. Relating to performances given in the homes of a number of prominent radical Unitarian families in Birmingham. Creation dates: 1848-1854.
VINCE, Samuel (1749-1821). Autograph letter signed to Charles Hutton, asking him who engraved his 'wooden mathematical Figures' (in respect of Vince's forthcoming publication of 'a course of Lectures in Mathematics & Philosophy'). Creation date: 1793.
GREY, Charles (1729-1807). Two autograph letters signed to Prince William, Duke of Gloucester. Both letters referring to the battle at Castlebar. Creation date: 1798.
DICKENS, Charles, the Younger (1837-96). One autograph letter signed and four autograph memoranda to his lecture agency. All regarding various engagements to read from his father's works. Creation date: 1891-1892.
WALLER, Sir William (1597-1668). 'Vindication of the Character and Conduct of Sir William Waller'. Manuscript fair copy (published in 1793). Creation date: [c 1660].
SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE. Items from the archive, namely: Sangorski's drawings and tooling patterns for the Great Omar. Pattern book 37 x 28 (portrait) x 9 cm. Tooling patterns 38 x 31 cm. The first 100 tooling patterns in the collection. George Sutcliffe's list of comparative prices for bindin...