Sales catalogue 504: Maggs Bros

Date:
1928
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/62
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 504: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    764 AMERICA, NEWFOUNDLAND (Capture of St. Johns). LETTER SIGNED BY FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ORDNANCE, TO THE EARL OF SUNDERLAND, RELAT- ING TO THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. SIGNED BY JAMES CRAGGS THE ELDER AND THREE OTHERS. I page, 4to. Office of Ordnance, 21st June, 1709. £1 15s ‘‘ We desire your Lordship will be pleas’d to give directions that the same care may be taken for the exchanging the officers &c. belonging to the Ordnance att St. John’s Newfoundland, who are now Prisoners att Placentia, as there is for the Governor .and others belonging to that Garrison.’’ 765 AMERICA. NEWFOUNDLAND (French Wars, 1706-7). LETTER SIGNED BY FOUR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF TRADE. TOWTHE EARL OF SUNDERLAND: 1 page, folio. Whitehall, 7th February, 1700-7. SIGNED BY THE EARL OF DARTMOUTH,» Sik: PHALIP MEADOWS (SUCCEEDED MILTON AS LATIN SECRETARY TO.CROMWELL)-AND-TWO OLHDERS. ALSO THE EXTRACT REFERRED LO THEREIN OF THE MEMORIAL FROM THE NEWFOUNDLAND MERCHANTS. 13 pp., folio. Together, £2 10s Concerning a Memorial from divers merchants trading to New- foundland relating to French prisoners taken in those parts, and who were giving trouble. 766 ANDERSEN (HANS CHRISTIAN, 1805-1875). Danish Novelist. Author of ‘‘ Tales for Children.”’ MuUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED GNeDANISH) 1fO Hook. SCUDDER. 3 pp., 8vo. Copenhagen, 26th September, 1872. £15 15s An exceptionally fine literary letter referring to several of his tales and their translation into English, etc. (Trans.) :—‘‘ You will have received from me three new stories; ‘ Aunt’s Tooth