"A CANDIDATE . . . DRIVEN OUT OF A TOWN BY POPULAR VIOLENCE"
Autograph Letter Signed ("Melbourne") as Home Secretary in Earl Grey's Whig government, to "My dear George", concerning unrest in the Lancashire town of Clitheroe and considering whether the magistrates were justified in calling in troops to deal with disturbances.3 pages 4to, Penshanger, 5 October 1832.
Stock Code: AU5145
A DIPLOMATIC SAFE-CONDUCT, 1404
Safe conduct issued by John Croft and Wiliam Lyle, councillors, and Nicholas de Ryssheton, doctor in law, as ambassadors of Henry IV, to the emissaries of the Duchess of Burgundy, Countess of Flanders and Artois, enabling them to freely come and go into Artois, Boulonais, and Guines, in order to treat of commerce with England and Flanders, under the terms granted by their earlier safe-conduct.1 page long folio on vellum, c. 15 1/2 by 12 1/2 ins, in French but with the terms of the ambassadors' commission given in Latin, written in a neat secretary hand with flourished ascenders in the first line and the initial letter "J" (of "Johan") drawn as an elongated fish. The armorial seals of the three ambassadors in red wax (a small part of the central seal lacking but otherwise good and intact impressions) are attached by the original velllum tags.Calais, 26 September 1404.
Stock Code: AU5395
A WEEK BEFORE WATERLOO
Letter Signed ("Jourdan") to the Minister of War (Davout), informing him of the supplies he has requested from civilian suppliers for army pensioners, as these cannot be obtained from the depleted military stocks.2 1/2 pages folio in French, Besancon, 12 June 1815.
Stock Code: AU6071
ALENCON, Francois, duc d'Alencon et d'Anjou (1554-1584). Youngest son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici ; suitor of Elizabeth I. ([Henri III}, Duke of Anjou Alencon Touraine and Berry", Plesis les Tours, 13 June 1580.)
Document Signed ("francoys"), confirming the grant of a pension of 2000 livres to the Sieur de Droux, his chamberlain and lieutenant in the government of Berry.1 page oblong folio in French on vellum, with a calligraphic first line giving Alencon's style and titles as "only [surviving] brother of the King
Stock Code: AU6148
ALEXANDRA (1844-1925). Queen Consort of Edward VII.
Autograph Letter Signed ("Alexandra"), as Queen Mother, to Mrs. [Charlotte] Sclater, Honorary Secretary of Queen Alexandra's Field Force Fund which sent gifts to the troops on all fronts, about the winding up of the Fund at the end of the First World War.4 pages 8vo with the original autograph envelope, written on black-edged paper with Queen Alexandra's embossed monogram of silver entwined A's beneath a crown at the top left, Marlborough House, 20 March 1919.
Stock Code: AU5644
