Cholera
Collection of printed and manuscript documents, 19th century
Estimate: £200 - £300
Auction: 19 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Two Central Board of Health daily reports of cholera cases, 15 November 1832. Pre-printed documents completed in manuscript, each a single sheet, 37.5 x 24cm, recording cholera cases in England and Wales on one document and Scotland on the other, the former signed at foot ‘W Maclean, Sec[retar]y’, staining;
‘Stato Officiale del Cholera in Londra, e suoi Contorni del 7. Magio 1832’. Manuscript, single bifolium written on 2 sides, 32 x 20 pp., staining;
Letter from the British consulate at Salonica to Ogilvie & Davies, Cardiff, concerning the death of one Captain Short from cholera, 1855, enclosing related documents (present) including ‘List of Clothes & Effects of the late Capt Short, Brig Mary Ann’, letter with numerous pin-holes;
Four printed Custom House notices relating to cholera, London, 1832 (each a single sheet printed on recto only, 29.5 x 18.5cm;
Two Latin documents, both pre-printed, completed in manuscripts, including a bill of health for the Marmora, sailing from Penzance to Naples, with 2 red wax seals;
Manuscript petition submitted by the burgh of Annan to the privy council, 1832, concerning the spread of cholera to Annan ‘now that the disorder is at our very doors, for Carlisle, Whitehaven, and Maryport … are all at present affected’, single bifolium written on 3 sides, 31 x 19cm;
Printed document in Swedish listing ports infected with cholera, 1832;
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