BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS AND STATESMEN, 18TH CENTURY, 13 MANUSCRIPTS, INCLUDING
GODOLPHIN, SIDNEY, 1ST EARL OF GODOLPHIN (1645-1712), SIGNED
£950
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2019 at 12:00 BST
Description
receipt for Treasury payment, April 18 1710, 8 x 21cm.; Godolphin, Sidney) clipped part of paper document with signatures of Godolphin, Sir Edward Dering (1625-84) and Sir Stephen Fox (1627-1716), 20 x 7cm.; Stanhope, James, 1st Earl of Stanhope (1673-1721), Autograph Letter Signed to Godolphin (as Lord Treasurer), sharing congratulations "for my Lord Duke's success in Flanders", 1 page, Barcelona, August 8 1708, 22 x 18cm.; Spencer, Charles, 3rd Earl of Sunderland and Secretary of State), signature in ink on receipt for £2000 duties on alcoholic beverages, 20 June 1705, 10 x 17cm., Walpole, Robert; Doddington, George; Clayton, William Signatures on a clipped piece of paper, 11 x 6cm.; Pelham, Henry, (1694-1754) Clipped signatures on three slips of paper, one dated 1752; [Pelham-Holles, Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle] 3pp. autograph draft of a letter to the Duke of Newcastle, from unidentified correspondent, soliciting support for his application for the Mastership of St Johns [College], 3pp., undated, [c.1770]; Pelham-Holles, Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Whig Statesman A.L.S. to unknown correspondent, discussing the University of Cambridge &, Lord Hardwicke, 3pp., Claremont, June 27 1764; Duke of Devonshire, (1720-1764), Prime Minister Warrant signed ("Devonshire") as Lord Chamberlain, for fees to the Groom of the Back Stairs of H.R.H. The Princess Amelia, 1 page, 13 Oct. 1760; Grenville, George (1712-1770), Prime Minister 2 clipped signatures on slips of paper, the 2nd also signed by Henry Pelham and J. Campbell, 14 Oct. 1752 (13)