Sales catalogue 573: Maggs Bros

Date:
1932
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/117
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 573: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Carlisle (Lucy Hay, Countess of )}—continued. letter bears the Earl’s autograph indorsement; it is dated, but natur- ally does not bear a signature. Arthur Collins, who edited Lady Carlisle’s letters in the ‘‘ Sidney Papers,’’ has written a descriptive note at head, and has throughout the letter partly written in his interpretation of the cipher. The following is an extract from this most important letter, reading in Collins’s interpretation. 3 ‘“A Sundaye last the King cald Hamilton and L. Deputy and commanded them to be friends, saying thaye wayr parsons that he meant to trust with most of his business and theretor that they must agree, he (? Hamilton) may’d great profesion that he had never spoken to the disadvantage of 93 (L. Deputy) and called 65 (the King) to witness, which he did, though La: Carlisle knows he hase endeavoured . . . to keepe Deputy from been Ld. . eae ; “The Queen has mutch lamented this loss of the Spaniards which F. Ambr. takes very ill. Sr. H. Vane hase behav’d verie well in H. Percys business and hase spoken verie boldly to 65 (the King). But yet cannot be overcome for Hamilton dosse hugly oppose it, and his power is certainly verie great but the Queen is confident it will be done which I fear.’? Etc. 547 CARLYLE (JANE WELSH, 1801-1866). Wife of Thomas Carlyle, the Essayist and Historian. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO MR. FAME. 3 pp., 8vo.” Cheyne Row, 12th February, N.Y. £4 10s A very fine and amusing letter from Mrs. Carlyle on the adultera- tion of milk. & What would you think of a Dairyman? That combines the pastoral which is favourable to virtue, with the profitable which helps to a house, a wife and all other desiderata. ‘No mortal could believe without having tried it ’ as our milk- boy told my maid—‘ all the profit that lies in one pitcher of milk’! (with a pump to fall back on of course). You should have my custom to begin with, not only from personal friendship, but that the individual who has supplied me for ten years has got into the way of selling a milk which cohsists two thirds of Thames water and a pink coloured powder, at the same time calling on ‘ his Maker’ in one of whose dissenting churches he is an elder, to strike him dead if it be not precisely as it comes from the cow!’ Ete. 548 CARLYLE (JANE WELSH). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO ALEXANDER GILGHRID LT, THE BIOGRAPHER OF BLAKE. 3¢ pp., SV, N.D... Circa ibe £4 4s A charming and sympathetic letter wherein Mrs. Carlyle condoles with Mr. Gilchrist on the serious illness of his wife, offering to ‘‘ take
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