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21 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS,MANUSCRIPTS &SIGNED PHOTOS ADEN POWELL (Robert, Lord, 1857-1941, Defender of Mafeking & Founder of the Boy Scouts) Exceptional long ALS to Mrs Vaughan, apologising for not having written sooner after leaving Nannau, “but I went straight away from Wales to manoeuvres and have been at them ever since .... before starting for Scotland. I went to see book buyers in accordance with my promise ... I found Messrs Stile & Steevens of Great Russell Street ... particularly nice to deal with ...” and suggests that she sends more details of her library and a list of books so that they can decide if they will visit her to assess the value of her collection, they would deduct their commission and expenses in they succeeded in selling it, “That seems a reasonably satisfactory course but until they see the list they cannot say whether it would be possible for them to come without having their expenses paid ...” but he suggests that if there were another library in the neighbourhood they could split the costs, or alternatively if she wants to “sell them privately I daresay I could arrange it ...” but he needs the “dates covered by the book and the names of the chief battles in it and 2. About what price you value it at ...”, he ends by telling her that he has “just begun my leave here and am thoroughly enjoying this imitation of N. Wales called Scotland ...”, 10 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope, Farleyer House, Aberfeldy, 27th September 1905 [SD26563]£650 161. BADEN POWELL (Robert, Lord, 1857-1941, Defender of Mafeking & Founder of the Boy Scouts) Fine photo by Elliott & Fry, signed and dated, showing him head and shoulders in profile, in full uniform with medal, 6” x4”inmount 11.5” x 8.5”, n.p., September 1905, together with a later “Boy Scouts Association” charter with stamped signature, authorising “Major General J. Vaughan ... of Maes-y-bryner, Dolgelly ..”, to act as District Commissioner for the Dolgelly District, I side oblong 4to., Imperial Headquarters, London, 23rd October 1929, certificate worn on lower edge, photograph’s mount chipped on the bottom right hand corner. [SD26569]£475 162. BALLADS 2on1sheet, ‘The Mantle of Green’ and ‘I’m Seventeen Come Sunday’, beginning “As I went a-walking one morning in June ... she appeared like a queen ... and a mantle of green”, she had lost her lover at Waterloo, whom the singer realises was his commanding officer, the second begins “As I walked out one May morning”, and ends “Now Iamwith my soldier lad ... A drum and fife is my delight, And a pint of rum in the morning”, thin ballad paper, 1 side 10” x 7”, Thomas Yapp’s Cheap Song Warehouse, 82 Digbeth, Birmingham, date in pen 1863 [SD19547]£30 163. BATH (Thomas Henry Thynne, 1862-1946, M.P.) ALS asLord Weymouth to ‘Dear Sir’, saying “I owe my success to the exertions of my friends”, hoping “you will express my gratitude” to those “in the polling district of Wellow” and that, 2 sides 8vo, Longleat, Warminster, 21st January 1886, a little foxed [SD19229]£35 164. BAIRD (Sir David, 1757-1829, General, 1st Bart., Hero of Seringapatam, 1799) and POPHAM (Sir Hume, 1762-1820, Rear-Admiral) DS by both to Marquis CORNWALLIS ,(1738-1805), as Governor-General of India, directing payment of “29,410 Sicca Rupees” or “3,370 Pounds Sterling” to Edward Stephenson Dennison, on account of “the Honble the East India Company’s Troops saved fom the wreck of their Ship the Brittania”, 1 side folio, St. Salvador, West Africa, 23rd November 1805, laid down by margin [SD50114]£275 Baird held many important commands in the Cape and in India. He led the Indian force in the expedition of 1801-1802, joining Abercromby from the South, that recovered Egypt from the French. Back in India in 1802 he was made head of the North Madras army, but resigned and went home when it was clear that Sir Arthur Wellesley would be in charge of the operations against the Mahrattas. In 1805 a small force was secretly assembled at Madeira to recover the Cape. Baird had transports and East Indiamen with 5000 troops. Popham had eight ships. They left San Salvador on the West Coat of Africa on 26th November 1805. They anchored off Table Bay on 4th January 1806 and on the 10th received the Dutch capitulation. LETTER FROM AMERICA 165. BAKEWELL (Benjamin, of Pittsburgh) ALS to his cousin Mrs Gifford in Southampton, England, forwarded to Derbyshire, saying he has just returned from St. Louis, he believes his cousin could safely have gone to France, “I can hardly believe that the Parisians of 1830 are of the same race as those of 1792”, admiring “their courage in battle” and “their moderation after Victory”, and comparing Louis Philippe I to Washington as “raised up by Providence”, he hopes “no popular ... nor Royal faction ... will attempt to destroy the beautiful Fabric which the friends of order & liberty are endeavouring to rear. I observe that the great, the good, & under all vicissitudes, the consistent La Fayette, is at the head of the National Guards once more”, he turns to British Politics, refers to the new Reform Cabinet, “the Sailor King”, and the riots, and talks interestingly about Lord Brougham, now Lord Chancellor, with whom the family shares a friend in the Revd. John Harrison, and finally about visiting his nephews and nieces “during my journey in the Western Country”, 4 sides 4to., the first neatly cross-written, address and postmarks including 13th April 1831 and “Ship Letter Liverpool” on fourth side, Pittsburgh, 15th January 1831, a few light tears in folds, partly mended with old transparent paper, a few letters caught by seal on opening [SD20131]£125 The writer and his nephews and nieces were all linked by the Ohio steamboat, at Pittsburgh, Wheeling (W. Va.), Cincinnati, Louisville and Shippingport (Ky.). Their surnames include Anderson, Atterbury, Woodhouse and Berthoud. “Mr Berthoud has recently made an engagement with Gordon of Liverpool & is going in a few weeks to reside in New York”. The writer asks for advice over his granddaughter, who “although in apparent good health ... will sometimes fall back in her chair suddenly quite asleep. - If spoken to ... she answers, but on coming out ... is quite unconscious of what has passed ... Our Physicians do not understand the complaint”.
Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupré, XV The Green, Calne, Wilts, SN1 8DQ, Tel: (01249) 821121 22 166. BEATTY (David, O.M., 1871-1936, Admiral of the Fleet, from 1919 1st Earl) Typed letter with stamped signature to John St. Loe Strachey, (1901-1963, Labour Politician), enclosing an invitation (not present) from the Lord Mayor of London to a dinner inaid of the dockland settlements, “The ... King and Queen ... take a very keen, practical interest in the work ... We feel that those responsible” for the settlements “should be relieved of financial worries ... We must raise £10,000 ... His Royal Highness the Duke of York”, later George VI, will be present with the Earl of Derby (17th Earl, 1865- 1948) (17th November 1933), with the second half of a similar letter, lacking his correspondent’s name, “in order to maintain the work ... and to open a much needed Dockland Settlement at Dagenham Docks”, £15,000 is needed, “the Duke of York is not only sponsoring the appeal” but definitely intends to be present, and suggesting “if unable to accept ... a generous contribution towards this special appeal”, 1½ sides 4to., the first from 17 Grosvenor Square, W., 17th November 1933, transparent strips at top of first and left side of second [SD14714]£30 At the outbreak of World War I, Beatty steamed into Heligoland Bight and destroyed three German cruisers. In January 1915 he sank the Blücher and on 31st May 1916 fought the Battle of Jutland. He succeeded Lord Jellicoe as Commander-in-Fleet, 1916, and became 1st Sea Lord in 1919. Strachey resigned from the Labour Party in 1931 to support extremist political organizations. However, in 1945 he became Labour Under-Secretary for Air, Minister for Food 1946-1950, and SecretaryofState for War 1950-1951. 167. BEAUFORT (Henry Somerset, 1744-1803, K.G., Master of the Horse to Queen Charlotte, from 1756 5th Duke) ALS toMrWilliams, thanking him for his congratulations on “the Lieutnancy of ... Brecon”, he has no thought of “making any alterations in any part of the Militia” but will welcome recommendations, he and the Duchess hope they may see him before long “in Glostershire”, adding compliments from Doctor Penney who is “at all times the Ladies most obedient servant”, 1 side 4to. Badminton, 12th June 1787 [SD50239]£275 Together with on the conjugate leaf a draft letter apparently from Williams to the Duke, recommending Henry Allen, a young Captain in the Militia, as “King’s Counsel on this circuit”, sent 8th May 1788. 168. BENTINCK (Lord William, 1774-1839, Soldier, British Ambassador and C-in-C of the British Forces in Sicily (1811), first Governor-General of India, 1833) ALS toMrBeech of Lukyn & Beech, Long Acre, saying he had “begd Captn. Clifford to show you [drawings] of a German carriage ... Mine had the advantage of the seat being on the carriage”, while the German appears “much lighter ... I only request ... no addition to the weight, or any diminution of the strength, of the one that I first approved”, address on conjugate leaf, 1 side 4to.,, Paris, 22nd December 1817, fold a little defective and strengthened with old paper [SD50118]£150 Bentinck was famous for the constitution he gave Sicily on the British model in 1812, and his handling of the Bourbon Royal family. 169. BECK-BROICHSITTER (Helmut, Knight’s Cross (27th September 1940, as Oberleutnant), Major on the German General Staff) Photostat Copy of his Portrait Drawing, signed, n.d., c. 1985 [SD50047]£30 In WW2 the ‘Iron Cross’ was awarded in three divisions, the ‘Grosskreuz’ (only to Goering, April 1945), the ‘Ritterkreuz’ (Knight’s Cross), and the ‘Eiserne Kreuz I and II Klasse’. Major Beck-Broichsitter served with the Panzers at Stalingrad (1943). 170. BERNHARDT (Sarah, 1844-1923, French Actress) Autograph letter signed, in French with translation, to “you all”, thanking them “for thinking about an artist of such an inferior order to yours ... I will come and grasp your hands and tell you that your smile has made me a happy woman and a proud artist”, embossed initials and motto ‘Quand Même’ below a tragic mask and emblems, 2 sides small 8vo. grey-edged, n.p., n.d., c. 1880 [SD24347]£225 171. BEXLEY (Sir Nicholas Vansittart, 1766-1851, Lawyer, Diplomat and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Document signed ‘N: Vansittart’, on vellum, in favour of Henry, Viscount HOOD (1753-1836, son of the Admiral), appointing him Receiver of the Property Tax for part of Middlesex, namely “the Hundreds of Edmonton and Gore the Parishes of Saint Mary le bone, Paddington, Saint Pancras and Hampstead”, listing the appropriate Acts of 43 through to 55 George III, and “Giving ... the said Henry Lord Hood full power to do ... all such matters ... necessary for His Majesty’s Service in the Premises ... empowering him toappoint such ... Persons as he shall think fit to be ... his Deputies ... for whose performing and discharging their Trusts he is to be answerable”, specifying that “the whole Sum to be received ... be paid into the Receipt of His Majesty’s Exchequer”, signed also ‘M Paget’ and ‘C Grantjean’, 1 side 13¾”x 15½”, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall, 30th June 1815, a few light marks of discoloration [SD14626]£95 Sir Nicholas had an amazing head for financial measures, which he carried through Parliament whether they were fully understood or not, and obtaining support from his opponents to do so. The titles of the Acts, seven in all, follow the history of the war with France, repealing old duties and substituting new ones, Lord Hood being empowered to collect arrears under old duties that are replaced. That of 43 Geo. III is “An Act for granting to His Majesty until the sixth day of May next after the ratification of a definitive Treaty of Peace, a contribution on the profits, arising from Property, Professions Trades and Offices”, passed following the resumption of war with France in 1803. 172. [BIRKBECK (Dr. George, 1776-1841, originator of Mechanics’ Institutes)] Receipt by the Norwich Union Insurance Society for £15 2s. annual premium, for insuring his life for £499, signed by directors F. Noverre and Thos. Day, and Wm. Hacket for agent Chas. A. Hacket, elegant printed form 5½” x 8”, company’s woodblock device, anti-forgery border in left margin complete, 26 Cornhill, London, 4th January 1838 [SD16741]£55 In 1799 at Anderson’s College, Glasgow, where he was Professor of Natural Philosophy, Birkbeck gave his first free lectures to working men. He took a leading part in founding the London Mechanics’ Institute, 1824, now Birkbeck College of the University of London.
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