Members of Parliament
1834. Unbound. 36 cut-out envelope fronts, addressed by MPs and each one signed by them. Postmarked between January 1833 and October 1834. More
Politics
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Members of Parliament - London
Unbound. 2 cut-out envelope fronts, addressed by MPs and each one signed by them. These two are signed by E.A.M. Naghten and George King, Earl Kingston. Dated 1821 and 1826 0. More
Signature
1936. No Binding. Signed slip, 8 x 13 cm, "George Broadbridge" with 'Lord Mayor City of London' stamp and address stamp reading 'Mansion House, EC4'. Includes 5 newspaper clippings from Broadbridge's time as Lord Mayor of London, 1936-7. Broadbridge (1869-1952) was a British politician and businessman who became Lord Mayor..... More
Benjamin Disraeli
No Binding. 4 page letter hand-written by Benjamin Disraeli and signed by himself and seven other Parliamentarians petitioning that the Parliamentary Record, which had ceased to be published, be reconsidered.Other signatures include Lord Claud Hamilton, Viscount Arthur Hill Trevor, Lord Henry Lennox, Thomas Bateson and Mervyn Edward Archdall, and possibly..... More
Signed envelope
13.5cm x 8cm. No Binding. 5 envelopes, signed in left hand corner" W E Forster". Forster (1819-1886) was Chief Secretary for Ireland when Gladstone was Prime Minister. Forster strongly opposed Home Rule. There were many plots to assassinate him and the Phoenix Park murders took place soon after his resignation..... More
Signed note
1874. 12.5 x 21.5cm. No Binding. AL; note written in Italian, dated 3 November 1874, signed "G. Garibaldi". The Italian patriot (1807-1882) played a major role in unifying the Italian states. His military ventures failed however and he returned n 1870 to his retirement on Caprera, where English friends had..... More
Gladstone signature
1834. No Binding. Envelope front,8 x 13.5 cm, signed. Addressed to "Hon Miss I. Hewitt, Moneymore, Ireland' "London, February twenty eight 1834' handwritten and signed "W.E. Gladstone" at the bottom left. The original date of 'twenty seven' has been altered to read 'twenty eight' and Gladstone has initialled the alteration..... More
Signed letters
No Binding. 7 x TLS on 'Prime Minister, Wellington' headed notepaper primarily giving thanks for messages of support, 1951-157, but also with some comments on capital punishment, MacKenzie King the Canadian politician, and superannuation for wives of past MPs. Sydney Holland (1893-1961) led the first National Government from 1949 to1957..... More
Signed letters
No Binding. 2 x TLS, 27 x 21 cm, one dated 8 January 1954 on Minister of Agriculture letterhead addressed to FMB Fisher thanking him for his telegram of congratulation on appointment as Privy Counsellor, and the other dated 24 September 1957 with the letterhead Prime Minister, Wellington, addressed to..... More
Telegram
1957. No Binding. Telegram to The Honourable F.M.B. Fisher, "warmest congratulations and many many happy returns of yesterday seasonal greetings and personal regards. Keith J Holyoake." December 23 1957. Holyoake (1904-1983) was Minister of Agriculture in the Holland administration (1949-1957) and Prime Minister briefly in 1957 and then from 1960..... More
Autograph letters, signed documents and manuscripts
1912. 8vo. Hardcover. Set of catalogues from Maggs: Nov. (#299), Dec. (#301) 1912; Jan-Feb (#303) and May-June (#309) 1913. Bound in green buckram, red spine label. Includes a multitude of descriptions of signed letters and documents from political, military, literary etc figures (Byron, Scott, Schumann, Voltaire, Catherine the Great,Thomas Jefferson..... More
Autograph letters, signed documents and manuscripts
1914. 8vo. Hardcover. Set of catalogues from Maggs,1914: Jan-Feb (#320), Mar-Apr. (#322), May-June (#326). Bound in green buckram, red spine label. Includes a multitude of descriptions of signed letters and documents from political, military, literary etc figures (Haydn, Longfellow, Louis XVI, Browning, Charles II, etc etc ). Includes reproductions of..... More
Autograph letters, signed documents and manuscripts
1914. 8vo. Hardcover. Set of catalogues from Maggs,1914 -1916: July-Aug (#328) 1914, Whitsun (#332) 1915, Spring (#343) 1916, Christmas (#352) 1916. Bound in green buckram, red spine label. Includes a multitude of descriptions of signed letters and documents from political, military, literary etc figures (e.g. Chesterton, Kipling, Wordsworth, Johnston, Peter..... More
Autograph letters, signed documents and manuscripts
1918. 8vo. Hardcover. Set of catalogues from Maggs,1918 -1919: Christmas(#373) 1918, Summer (#378) 1919, Christmas (#386) 1919. Bound in green buckram, red spine label. Includes a multitude of descriptions of signed letters and documents from political, military, literary etc figures (e.g. Pitt the Younger, Swinburn, Thackeray, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Fox..... More
Annotated printed form
1858. No Binding. Printed annotated request (2 folds, 19 x 11.5 cm) from the Reporters' Gallery of the House of Commons (from Charles Ross of The Times) for a copy of a "Dispatch present to the House by his Lordship." Palmerston has written on a folded up corner "I have..... More
Hand-written letter
1871. No Binding. ALS on blindstamped House of Commons notepaper, one side of folded sheet,18.5 x 11.5 cm. Dated in pencil 17 Feb 1871. "Dear Sir, I am glad to see you [working?] back in the gallery in your old place. I enclose the few papers which you kindly ask..... More
Signed letter
1941. No Binding. 2 sheets., 23 x 17.5 cm. TLS to Lady Wavertree discussing the war progress ("I fear the Japanese intervention may have put the clock of the war back a bit for us, especially on account of their substantial initial successes."), London life ("I don't think you would..... More
Hand-written signed letters
1937. No Binding. 2 x ALS addressed to the Hon. F.M.B. Fisher, dated July 6 and July 16 1937 (four sides and three sides respectively, 18 x 11 cm).Headed notepaper - Ashentree, 11 Heriot Row, Dunedin. In original franked envelope. Dealing with matters relating to the convoys of NZ troops..... More
signed envelope
1832. No Binding. Signed envelope front (8 x 12.5 cm) addressed to "Mrs Burrows, Polygon Place, Southampton" and dated "London, January twenty eight 1832" and postmarked the same day. Signed in lower left corner "Wellington". Includes a National Portrait Gallery postcard from a painting by Alfred Count D'Ousay. The Duke..... More
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