Autograph Collection.- Politics, History & Science

Autograph Collection.- Politics, History & Science

A large collection of signatures, letters, notes and papers by various politicians, officers, scientist, engineers, including: anonymous polemical manuscript ‘The Pseudo-patriot’s Creed’ (French Revolutionary period); small collections of items relating to: W.E. Gladstone & family, inclduing his wife; John Bright (brief note in his handwriting); Henry Goulburn (group of three letters, disucssing various arrangements, 1847-1848); George Goschen (clipped signature and brief note arranging a meeting for the following Saturday, n.d.); Sir William Grant; George Leveson-Gower; George Hardinge; John Hatsell (1743-1820); Sydney Herbert (1810-1861); Alexander Beresford Hope; Robert Harry Inglis (two letters, one to Mr Colnaghi, reading "I request to be informed whether the plate be of steel, and also what is the address of the artist, as before engaging to purchase it, I should like to know whether he could finish it to his own satisfaction", 6 December 1826; the other, to R. Alstor Esq, saying "I have read, during the recess, your son's pamphlet with delight", 29 April 1840); Louis Blanc (French, 1811-1882); letter to and response by Horatio Bottomley to Lovat Fraser ("I understand you are succeeding meme as 'star turn' on the Sunday Pictorial', and am writing to wish you as happy a tenure of the office as mine as been", 2 June 1921); Austen Chamberlain (clipped signature); handwritten British navigation log, 1870s, including the ship ’Palermo’; a collection of various engraved naval portraits from the c17th to the c20th (including Lord Jacky Fisher); correspondence from or items relating to, among others, General Andrew Barnard; the Earls & Barons Auckland; Admiral Sir Sidney Smith; Sir Robert Stopford; Sir James Graham; extracted engravings and portraits of naval figures; letters by scientists, engineers, mathematicians including: Sir Daniel Gooch; Sir John Fowler (brief note listing his address); Sir John Aird (thanking the recipient for his kindness in sending a book, 6 November 1897); David Bierens de Haan (clipped signature); Augustus de Morgan (brief note saying "I thought by the date that this must be mysef but I think the accompanying letter cleans me", 24 August 1852); William Lindley (brief fragment of a note to Dr Sieveking, n.d.); William Allan (letter to "my der admiral, congratulating on the promotion of the recipient's son, 4 January 1899); William Whewell; Andrew Crosse (clipped signatures); Lord Playfair; with a small selection of letters by historians and antiquarians: George Ormerod, Henry Hallam, Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, and others, v.s. late 18th century-early 20th century (large quantity)

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Dimensions: the box 32 x 39.5 x 9.5cm