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Auction: 14035 - Postal History, Autographs and Historical Documents
Lot: 3019

Historical Documents
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
1703 (1 February) warrant signed "Marlborough" employing Alexander Fforts to be a joiner. and countersigned by "Ja Craggs"; with wafer seal, fragment missing from foot, worn and soiled.

Also a selection of other documents relating to the Marlborough family including a copy of the 1856 Blenhein Estate Act, some picture postcards of Marlborough House London (4) and an engraving of Marlborough by J. Posselwhite. Photo

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince of Mindelheim, Prince of Mellenburg, (1650-1722 )
An English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs.


Craggs, James I (1657-1721), of Jermyn Street, Westminster and Charlton, Lewisham, Kent was Secretary to master-general of the Ordnance 1702–11

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Estimate
£120 to £150