Sales catalogue 494: Maggs Bros

Date:
1927
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/51
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 494: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1952 WHISTLER (JAMES MCNEILL). AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO MRS. HEYWARD. 14 pp., oblong 8vo. The White House. N.D. £3 5s A charming letter of congratulation on his correspondent’s intended marriage. 1953 WHITEHEAD (GEORGE, 1636-1723). Prominent Quaker. Persecuted and frequently imprisoned. Had many audiences with Charles II and James I, and obtained the issue of a declaration for liberty of con- science. Improved the legal status of the Society of Friends, and established the sect on a sound basis. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO HANNAH CHAYTOR. lena ee ey tOse Le Ondone Lc tnvia ys 722 £5 5s Written just about eight months before his death; the writing evidencing his weak state of health. vs . . To all friends in your parts truly wishing sound Love, peace, and concord to abound among all among them. Hoping that the scruples, and dissatis- ffactions yt were among ’em in those pts, and the animositys & prejudice (among too many) are allayed. ‘TI thank God I am in no want of outwards, yet in much more weakness of body than I have bin some weeks since, but am contented and resigned to the will of the Lord in whom I have inward Peace.’’ Etc. 1954 WIDDRINGTON (SIR THOMAS, died 1664). Speaker of the House of Commons. LETTER SIGNED TO WIELIAM, LORD(ROBERITES 3-page, folio. 23rd February, 1658. ALSO SIGNED BY WILLIAM SYDENHAM. £1 5s Warrant, ordering a sum of money to be paid weekly to Anne Hopkinson, widow. of James Hopkinson, for the term of one year.