EDMUND BURKE. British orator and statesman. Autograph Letter Signed, Edm. Burke, one page, quarto, April 24, 1796. To Stephen Thurston Ady, Burke’s friend and banker. Thurston was a partner in the banking house of Boldero, Kendal & Co. Fine condition. “I beg you to pay to a Mr. Chalkley, who will call on you for … [ Read More ]
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Cromwell, Oliver
CONSOLIDATING HIS POWER, FIVE MONTHS AFTER BECOMING LORD PROTECTOR, CROMWELL DISMISSES AN OLD COMRADE WHO DARED TO QUESTION HIS AUTHORITY Letter Signed, Oliver P, one page, folio, May 16, 1654. To his old army comrade, Colonel Alured, requiring him to give up his command in Scotland to Lieutenant-General Fleetwood. With the integral address leaf attached. … [ Read More ]
Herzl, Theodor
Founder of Zionism. Autograph Letter Signed, Th. Herzl, one page, octavo, January 4, 1889. To Esteemed Doctor. “If it’s all right with you, I’ll come to you this afternoon at half past three, to work a little. If my messenger doesn’t find you at home, but hears that you are already in Vienna, I’ll come … [ Read More ]
Napoleon I
“…THE STEPS BEING TAKEN ARE WEAK…THE STUDENTS AND INHABITANTS OF UTRECHT WHO JEERED AT THE PATROLS BE ARRESTED AT ONCE AND TRIED BY A MILITARY COMMISSION.” NAPOLEON I. Emperor of France. Letter Signed, Np, one page, quarto, Paris, March 18, 1811. To the minister of war [General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke], the Duke of Feltre. … [ Read More ]
O’Connell, Daniel
DANIEL O’CONNELL. Irish national leader, called “The Liberator.” Autograph Letter Signed twice, at the conclusion of the letter and on the address panel, one page, quarto, Tralee, [County Kerry], December 24, 1832. To P. V. Fitzpatrick in Dublin. With the address leaf attached. “I have cut the Gordian Knot. I am member for Dublin only-I … [ Read More ]
Perón, Eva
EVA PERÓN. Wife of Argentine President Juan Perón, who, during her husband’s first term as president, became a powerful though unofficial political leader, revered by the lower economic classes. Signed Book. “Eva Perón and Her Social Work”. Signed and inscribed on the front cover, “a Jouhn Walcot / Eva Perón / 1950”. [Buenos Aires]: Subsecretariat … [ Read More ]
Tallyrand, Charles Maurice de
CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLYRAND. Minister of Foreign Affairs under Napoleon and Louis XVIII; instrumental in restoring the Bourbons after the defeat of Napoleon. Autograph Letter Signed, talleyrand, one page, octavo, January 4, [1823]. “At more than 88 francs, 30 centimes, you, Monsieur can have one hundred thousand francs of government bonds sold. I will have … [ Read More ]