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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3172

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An album containing thirty-nine autographs, signatures, letters and envelopes including a royal military commission recording the appointment of William Dods to the position of "Adjutant of the 2nd of East Norfolk Regiment of Militia from the sixteenth of February 1861" issued in the name of Queen Victoria. Signed by Queen Victoria to the top left corner.

Also included is a cut signature of Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928), British Prime Minister. A signed card by Franz Liszt. A cut signature of Louis Botha (1862-1919), the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa. A cut signature of Joseph Chamberlain. A message conveyed on 'Osborn Lodge, Fulham. S.W.' card signed by Mortimer Menpes (1855-1939), an Australian artist, author, printmaker and illustrator. A cut signature of Bret Harte (1862-1902), an American short story writer and poet. 1891 ALS by Jean Ingelow being the first two verses on "When Sparrows Build"; a correspondence from William Howitt (1792-1879) an English writer on history, and from his wife, Mary Howitt (1799-1888), an English poet (The Spider and the Fly); a cut signature from a contract by Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), Field Marshall. A letter conveyed on 'Royal College of Music' paper, dated June 26, 1900 and signed by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918), English composer, and a complete letter on paper headed 'Fulham Place, S.W., dated 1895, marked 'Private', and signed by Rev. George Nesbitt Haydon Tredennick. Photo




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