Catalogue of a valuable and interesting assemblage of autograph letters, historical documents and records, illustrative of English history : to which are added some others of much interest, collected by the Very Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter, and President of the Antiquarian Society, deceased 1784 : also autograph letters of celebrated musicians and composers, vocalists, actors, actresses, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby, at his house, 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Tuesday, April 25th, 1843, at one o'clock, precisely.

  • Samuel Leigh Sotheby
Date:
1843
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Credit: Catalogue of a valuable and interesting assemblage of autograph letters, historical documents and records, illustrative of English history : to which are added some others of much interest, collected by the Very Reverend Dr. Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter, and President of the Antiquarian Society, deceased 1784 : also autograph letters of celebrated musicians and composers, vocalists, actors, actresses, &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. S. Leigh Sotheby, at his house, 3, Wellington Street, Strand, on Tuesday, April 25th, 1843, at one o'clock, precisely. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    1(5 & 157 A17_ ]58 159 / ax'/ 160 3 161 SlR Chr. Wren :—The Autograph of Sir Chr. Wren, with the Commissioners of Land Tax, 1714? . 1 Lords Justices, signed by the celebrated William, Duke of Cumberland, Archbishop of Canterbury, &c. 1755 1 Lords Justices, signed by Archbishop of Canterbury, Hardwick, Wilmington, P. Dorset, Bolton, &c. 1740; Chief Justice Holt, 1703; Sir Win. Blackstone, 1663 . 3 Very curious Autograph Letter concerning Lord Danby and the five Lords sent to the Tower, 1670; Autograph Letter, Lord Halifax, dated from St. Leonard’s Hill, 1730; Curious Auto- graph Letter from D. Ryder, Attorney General, 1747 3 Post Office:—Defalcations of the Irish Letters for the Months of July, August, and September 1669, variously signed 5 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, CHIEFLY COLLECTED BY TIIE LATE REV. DR. JEREMIAH MILLES, DEAN OF EXETER, Atf 162 ft 163 164 165 AtfL 166 / 167 „ />. ff _ 168 /c. / 169 3 170 !A_ 171 ^172 ^ 173 DECEASED 1784. ADDISON (Joseph) to Mr. Worsley, on Political Matters, Whitehall., 6th August, 1717 . . 1 Abercromby (Sir Ralph) An interesting letter, Dublin. 1797 ; Anstis, the Author of the Bath Guide, 1795; James Bruce, the Traveller, &c. . . . 6 Canning (George) a note with its envelope, franked 1 CHARLES I:—A short but charming letter from the unfortunate Monarch to Sir Francis Windebanke, his Principal Secretary of State, dated Northeallerton, 29 Aug. 1640, entirely auto- graph .... 1 Crabbe (George) to Edmund Cartwright . 1 Oliver Cromwell :—His Sign Manual, appointing Anthony Morgan Captain of a Troop of Horse, endorsed also by Cromwell and Major Morgan . . 1 Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, Daughter of Janies I, entirely autograph, Heidle, 20 of Feb. . • 1 Fox (Charles James) a long interesting letter to “ My dear OlDryan” . . • .1 Franklin (Benjamin) to Mons. Valmont de Bomaire, Passy, Nov. 26, 1778 . • Garrick (Davi^j) to his Brother, George Garrick 1 George rV^—A^-NoteHts^-Pri»ee- Regent, Windsor, Dec. 26, interesting, and entirely autograph . 1 Gardiner (Colonel) to Captain Young, Bankton, April 5, 1745 • 1 *** A very rare and interesting autograph.