Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
November-December 1925
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/662
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1641 MonrHoton (General Comte de) a vERY FINE A. L. s. 12 pp. folio, Longwood, 23 August, 1816, to Sir Hudson Lowe : Of extreme interest, protesting against his being held prisoner by the English. 1642 ReEcuEIL DE Pr&ces et de Documens Officiel sur Le Prisonnier de St. Héléne, a translation from the English, MS. of 56 pp. roy. 8vo, 1818 1643 PoppLeton (Captain) Orderly Officer at Longwood, A. L.s. 2 pp. Ato, Longwood, 22 Sept., 1816, to Major Gorrequer, A.D.C., Plantation House : There seems to be some mistake respecting the communication made by me to General Montholon, as expressed and desired to do in your note to me. General Montholon applied to me for an officer to accompany him to James Town, for the purpose of disposing of the Plate, and likewise for a soldier to accompany a French Domestick who was to leave Longwood early in the morning, carrying with him the plate, Genl. M. following after breakfast, and although Gen]. M. declined going before I communicated the instructions I had received, yet he told me Cypriani was to go. Have the goodness to explain this to the Governor. The Admiral took his leave of Napoleon yesterday. 1644 MontrHoton (Comte de), A. L. s (3rd person) 1 p. 8vo, Longwood, 7 July, 1816, to Sir Hudson Lowe : Thanking him for his letter, the contents of which he will acquaint Napoleon with and send his reply. Sends certain letters that he wishes to be sent to Kurope. 1645 Wess (Mrs. Mary) A long A.L.s. of 10 pp. folio, St. Helena, Sept., 7, 1817, to Miss Routledge of London, giving a detailed account of life in St. Helena : ... the E-p-r never visits, neither theatres, church, balls nor races. The new Admiral Plymton lives at a sweet spot called the ‘‘ Briars,” the Lady he brought with him is not visited. Farther this deponent sayeth not... etc. 1646 O’Muare (B. EH.) A. L.s. 1 p. folio, Longwood, 25th, Oct., 1817, to Sir Hudson Lowe : ...I communicated to Napoleon Bonaparte that Captain Gou had denied to you that he had ever made any enquiry from General Gourgaud touching the palpitations mentioned in one of the bulletins, and that he had not even seen or spoken to him since such a bulletin or report had been issued. The whole of this... I mentioned as it were from myself, and for my own satisfaction. He replied: ‘*Non era a Gourgaud. Ma tutti hanno domandato era una cosa Publica che tutto il mondo sapeva forse non vorebbe compromettersi forse é un delitto di domandare notizia della mia salute.” Such, sir, were the words made use of by him on the occasion, and observing him to be low spirited, I did not wish to increase his depression or to irritate him further by any more questions of a similar nature.
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