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Robert Graham [ (1786 – 1845) Scottish physician and botanist].

[Robert Graham, Scottish physician and botanist] Autograph Letter Signed Robt Graham to a Mr Gourlie Esq [Gourlie, William (1815–1856), calico printer and botanist - see ODNB

Three pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold mark, hidden slight damage to joint not affecting text. I have again to thank you for the trouble you have taken [about?] the passage to Harris. After deliberation & consultation, & plots & counter pl;ots - it is resolved that the Exhibition shall [...

£65.00
H. W. Bates [Henry Walter Bates (1825 – 1892 in London) naturalist and explorer]

[H. W. Bates, naturalist and explorer] Autograph Letter Signed H.W. Bates to Piffard [Bernard Piffard, companion to Bates (and perhaps A.R. Wallace) in S. America (see Notes below)] reviving acquaintance with recollection.

Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold marks, good condition. With envelope addressed by Bates to Piffard (Royal Geographical Society insignia). Text: It gave me great pleasure to find that you had not forgotten me. Your memory with us is kept alive by occasional news of you given to us by Dr or Mrs...

£150.00
Maude Royden Shaw [Agnes Maude Royden CH (1876 – 1956), later known as Maude Royden-Shaw, preacher, suffragist and campaigner for the ordination of women.

[Maude Royden Shaw, suffragist etc] Typed Letter Signed Maude Royden Shaw, appreciating the contact and news about a friend in the USA, Dr Julie Seton (American physician, lecturer and author - see Wikipedia) to a Mrs Forrest.

One page, 12mo, good condition. Text: She welcomes news from former members 0of the Guildhouse congregation, particularly appreciating Mrs Forrest'scontact. I was delighted to have news of Dr. Julie Seton. I have a great affection for her and used sometimes to get just a passing touch with her...

£0.00
Florence Nightingale, social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.

[Florence Nightingale, social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.] Autograph (Clipped) Signature only.See Image

Clipped signature on paper 5 x 1cm. F Nightingale with characteristic flourishing F and the very tops of other words. See Image

£220.00
Baron Gerolt [Friedrich Karl Joseph Freiherr von Gerolt (1797 – 1879) Prussian Privy Councillor, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in the United States.]

[Baron Gerolt, Prussian Diplomat; Bismarck] Autograph Note in the Third Person to William H. Seward, American politician, Governor of New York before 1860, United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869

One page, 12mo, fold marks, small closed tear (3/4 in., left edge rough (perhaps torn from pocket-book?), numbered 71 in red ink. Text: Baron Gerolt presents his Compliments to Governor Seward & begs to enclose a letter of introduction for the Honorable W. Dennison [Postmaster-General] to...

£120.00
Eleanor F. Rathbone [Eleanor Florence Rathbone (1872 – 1946) independent British Member of Parliament and long-term campaigner for family allowance and for women's rights]

Eleanor F. Rathbone; Women's Suffrage] Autograph Postcard Signed Eleanor F. Rathbone to Miss M. [D.?] Wells

Postcard, good condition. Text: Very many thanks for your kind congratulations - Kind regards from E[lizabeth] Macadam [See Wikipedia, etc] & myself. We are in Berlin for a women's congress. Note: At this time, one of the few women, she was being elected to Parliament but attending the...

£56.00
George Peabody (1795–1869), American-British financier and philanthropist

[ George Peabody, philanthropist] Autograph Note Signed George Peabody, to a Mrs Hallett.

Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold marks and sl.aged, small smug=dge, mainly good condition. In reply to your kind note dated 30th ulto. which came to me yesterday, I have to request that you & the Mayor of Brighton will please to distribute the 100£ in accordance with my original direction,...

£120.00
George MacDonald, Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister, writer of fantasy and fairy tales.

[George MacDonald, Scottish author, poet, etc.; Christmas; Handbill/leaflet] Christmas-Song of the Old Children inscribed by MacDonald to Mr and Mrs Braby

One page, fold marks, very good condition, formerly two corners tipped onto card backing, but most of the backing cut away. See Images. No other copy found but the poem appears in his Poetical Works.

£180.00
[Winston S. Churchill]

[Winston S. Churchill] UNUSED Writing paper

One page, 12mo, blank, good condition. See Image.

£50.00
Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington [Reform Bill]

[Earl of Haddington; Reform Bill; sometime Lord Lieut. of Ireland] Substantial Autograph Letter Signed Haddington to unknown fellow-conspirator re. means of publicising his Protests against Reform Bill.

Four pages, 8vo, bifolium, some staining (see image) but all legible. Tomorrow morning you will receive in George Street from the Librarian of the House of Lords copies of my two Protests and of Lord Wynford's Protest on the 3rd Reading of the English Reform Bill. I wiosh my Protests to be sent...

£0.00
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