Autograph Note from the Indian 'Merchant Prince' Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy [Jeejeebhoy; Jeejebhoy] to 'Miss Brown', with engraved portrait, and long printed notice of 'The Late Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, Bart.'
Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy [Jeejebhoy; Jeejeebhoy] (1783-1859), Bart, of Maragone Castle; Bombay 'Merchant Prince' and philanthropist
Published by The note from 'Maragone Castle | 23d. April no year'. Neither of the other two items with date or place
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Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
AbeBooks seller since November 20, 1997
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US$ 165.04
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Note: 1p., 12mo. Creased, and with tear at head, 1 x1/2". Written in the third person, it reads: 'Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy will have much pleasure in complying with Miss Browns wishes by sending her some Flowers tomorrow Evening. | Maragone Castle | 23d. April'. Engraving: The margin has been cut away, but an accompanying printed slip carries the original caption: 'THE LATE | SIR JAMSETJEE JEEJEEBHOY, BART.' A steel engraving from a photograph, showing an old bewhiskered Jejeebhoy seated in robes and hat, with curled slippers, in a carved chair on a Turkey carpet. The National Portrait Gallery does not have a copy of this portrait. NOTICE: 2pp., folio. On creased and worn paper. A fulsome biography, in small type, beginning: 'THE LATE SIR JAMSETJEE JEEJEEBHOY, the famous "Merchant Prince" of India and world-renowned philanthropist, was born in Bombay on the 15th of July, 1783.'.
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- Autograph Note from the Indian 'Merchant Prince' Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy [Jeejeebhoy; Jeejebhoy] to 'Miss Brown', with engraved portrait, and long printed notice of 'The Late Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, Bart.'
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- Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy [Jeejebhoy; Jeejeebhoy] (1783-1859), Bart, of Maragone Castle; Bombay 'Merchant Prince' and philanthropist
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- The note from 'Maragone Castle | 23d. April no year'. Neither of the other two items with date or place
Richard M. Ford Ltd
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