Sales catalogue 501: Maggs Bros

Date:
1928
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/59
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 501: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Scaliger (Joseph Juste de la Scala, or)—continued. ‘the Act of Union being read on the Court House Hill. After which Her Maty. and many other good loyall healths were drunk, and the guns discharged to ye great joy and pleasure Pot her Majesty’s subjects. i WS ‘‘ Observing the Roman Catholiques in this Province were very attentive to the late design’d invasion by the pretended Prince of Wales, I thought it might not be amiss, to. enquire the number of them in the severall Countys, which I might compute their ability in case any misfortune should befall us: which God forbid! and have enclosed the said List, for I am satisfied those people have an illegall corre- spondence somewhere, they having reported the raising of the seige of Toulon some months, and the invasion by the pretender several weeks before wee could have _ any intimation thereof.’’ Etc., etc. 625 SEYMOUR (COLONEL JOHN). A LENGTHY. LETTER SIGNED. TO THEsHARLIOF SUN- DEKLAND, SEGRE Ieee y OF SIATE, 3 pp., folio. Maryland, 13th October, 1707. £10 10s Concerning the sailing of the merchant vessels without men-of-war convoys: further as to Richard Clark and his associates; then as to the robbing of Indian monuments; and to boundary troubles between Maryland and Pennsylvania. + . Wee still; continue a Guarde on our Magazine; and tho’ wee have apprehended & convicted some of Richard Clark’s accomplices, yet himself & others his associates still keeping out, give us not the least uneasiness; but your Lordp. may be assured that I shall do all in my power to keepe this her Matys. Province and her subject therein in as much peace and security as may be. and tho’ some other villians have committed unheard of Barbaritys in robbing the Indian Monu- ments, I have taken proper measures to putt a stopp to their resentments, notwith- standing our Maryland jurors will never convict any of their Natives 08 ye worst of crimes, ‘‘ My Lord, there will be absolute necessity for her Majesty determining the Bounds of Pensilvania and Maryland; the two Provinces being ready to cutt throats about their lymitts.’’ Ete. 6260 SHACKLETON (SIR ERNEST H., 1874-1922). Antartic Explorer. AUTOGRAPH LE PIER «TAiRD PERSON. . lL page, 4to. Palace Court; 4th December, roog. 12s 6d -Regretting he was unable to accept an invitation for the 17th Decem- ber, as he was to lecture at Birmingham on that evening.