Autograph Document, Signed (168 results)

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Fine. Parroguia de S. Jose Guadalupe. Autographed Document signed by Jose Ma Pinegro, S.J. San Jose Ca. 1851. 1 page 4 3/4 X 7 1/2 inches. In Spanish. In this document, issued from the parish church in San Jose de Guadalupe ( Parroguia) , Jose M. Pinegro, S.J., signs that a Mr. Morel has paid 30 pesos for his wife's funeral. Document has been folded. Clean copy. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Fine. Autograph Document Signed in sullivan County, New York, dated 29 October 1819. 8 pages (7 3/4 x 12 1/2 inch) written in ink. The document consists of two affidavits, one signed by Livingston Billings, attorney for Jubal Terbell, and one signed by Jubal Terbell. The affidavits are in regard to a title dispute Terbell is having over property (Lot 14 in the '1st Division' of Sullivan County) with Wm. W. Sackett and Sackett's attorney, Patrick G. Hildreth. Also signed twice by Jacob Weekes, Commissioner, as witness. Noted as filed. Fine clean copy. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Original tax assessment roll for Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts handwritten in black ink. Dated 1812. 7 1/2" x 11 1/2." One page, complete. The document is very clean and intact. There are horizontal and vertical fold lines on the paper and slight wrinkling. A few small spots on the paper. A Very Good copy. The document lists the tax assessments for the "polls and estates" of three Berkley residents, Ezra Chase, Abial Nichols, and Gilbert Nichols. The assessments come to a total of $78.03. The document continues, saying that the tax warrants will be fulfilled if the payments are made to Sam Crocker, Treasurer of Bristol County or "his Surveyor in Office." The documents is signed by three assessors, Adoniram Crane, Sr. (1780-1854), Barzillai Crane (1783-1851), and Levi French, Jr. (1740-1824). Signed by Author(s).

On a piece of paper roughly 4 x 7 cm. Very good, on slightly discoloured paper. Reads ' 34 years of His Maies | [signed] Arlington'. The second of the two versions of Arlington's signature reproduced by Rawlins ('Five Hundred Years of British Autographs', p.63, no.8). Arlington was the first 'A' in the CABAL ministry, the name made up of the initials of the five privy councillors who conducted Charles II's government after the fall of Clarendon in 1667: Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley and Lauderdale.

This British clergyman served as Bishop of Norwich (1837-49). ADS, 1p, irregular 4" X 2 3/4" tipped to larger heavy album leaf, n.p., n.y. [between 1837 and 1849]. Very good. Front portion (only) of an envelope, addressed in an unknown hand to C.K. Murray, 5 Whitehall Place, London and boldly signed by Stanley in brown ink at lower left as "E. Norwich." Attractive.

Dimensions of paper roughly five inches by three-quarters of an inch. Signed 'John Pratt' between writing in a seventeenth-century chancery hand. Docketed with biographical details in a minute nineteenth-century hand, and enclosed in a piece of paper with further biographical details in another nineteenth-century hand.

On a piece of paper roughly 8.5 x 19 cm. Heavily aged, creased and with wear to extremities. Signatures clear and entire. Some loss to bottom left-hand corner. Printed text (involving a transfer) with manuscript insertions. Two red wafers. Signed 'A Whitehall | Admiralty | Paymaster R.N.'; 'E. M. Primrose'; 'Henry Crane | 14 Broad St | Clerk'; 'Joseph Chamberlain'. Chamberlain left Southbourne in Edgbaston in 1880. See Image.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Fine. Signed handwritten manuscript on vellum (14 1/2 x 17 inch) for the transfer of leaseholder, dated 8 May, 1795. The document is a ruling from the Special Court Baron William Selby honoring the request of Sarah and Anthony Ridgeway to transfer Sarah Ridgeway's half of the leasehold of her late father, William King, to her sister Ann Clarke and her husband William Clarke. Signed by George Griffin, Steward, attesting to the fact that he has examined the document. Summary of court action on back of document. Fine clean copy. Signed by Author(s).

[3 pp.]. Bifolium. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. On June 18, 1864, Grant ordered Brevet Major General Rufus Ingalls, his Chief Quarter-master General of the Army of the Potomac, to prepare a massive supply depot at City Point, Virginia, just 20 miles from Richmond, capable of supporting the the hundreds of thousands of men and animals for the siege of Petersburg, and the fall of Richmond. Less than a month later, a special committee of three was tasked with determining the adequacy of boats between Washington D.C. and City Point, and submitted this report to Colonel Theodore B. Gates pursuant to Special Orders No. 31, ". dated 16th July 1864.inspection of the Steamers "Charlotte Vandebilt", "John Brooks", "Highland Light", and "Keyport", constituting the Mail Line, between Washington and City Point." To comply with the order, the appointed board took small test trips on each boat, assessing the accommodations, meals, and furnishings of each vessel. The detailed report concludes that ". none of the Boats now on the Line are fit for that service," too small, and concerning meals "the Board is of the opinion that they are wretched in quality and insufficient in quantity and by no means worth the price demanded for them." Dated July 22, 1864 and signed by the three boards members: Major E. R. Bowers, R. Loughran, and Darcy A. Patterson. and addressed to Col. Theodore B. Gates (1824-1911), 80th New York Infantry, who has also signed on the last page. In addition to the docketing on the verso of blank leaf which includes further notes on the transmission of the report on July 23rd and 24th, there is a final long note on July 25th signed by Brig. General Rufus Ingalls which names other boats that are suitable for such service. A rare document on what would become one of the busiest ports in the world during the Civil War. Reference: 1. Robert O. Zinnen: "City Point: The Tool That Gave General Grant Victory" in Quartermaster Professional Bulletin. Spring 1991, pp 1-8. 2. "The Civil War Diaries of Col. Theodore B. Gates, 20th New York State Militia". Very good, minor wear and tear along edges and folds, contents clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Check drawn on the Frank A. Munsey Comapany dated May 21, 1913 as payment in full for the story - The Bishop Who Was Not - for which Jones was paid $36.00 . Jones autograph is uncommon and this is a nice, early example. Signed by Author(s).

Known as the "Father of the House of Representatives" for his lengthy (13 terms) service, this Pennsylvania representative served from 1887 to 1913. Partly-printed ADS, 1p, 3½" X 8½", n.p. [Washington, DC], n.d. [1895 September 25 inkstamped]. Near fine. Partly-printed Bureau of Pensions form for Congressional use. Dalzell pens in Loveina M. Kunkle of Pittsburgh as the claimant for soldier Jacob L. Kunkle of Company "I," 11th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, and requests to be advised on "present status claim," signing boldly. A private named Jacob L. Kunkle (1843-63) is known to have enrolled at Kittanning, Pennsylvania in 1862 and died of "Congestion of the Brain" in Virginia in 1862; Loveina was obviously next of kin, though her relationship is unclear, and presumably petitioned her congressman to find out if she could receive any pension because of this relationship. It's not believed Jacob Kunkle was married, so perhaps she was a sister.

This English cleric served as Bishop of Bristol (1803-07) before becoming the noted Bishop of Exeter (1807-20). ADS, 1p, irregular 5½" X 2ĵ" tipped to larger heavy album leaf, n.p. [Torquay postal cancellation], n.y. [1811 April 30 postal cancellation]. Very good. Front portion (only) of a pale blue envelope, addressed in Pelham's hand to C.K. Murray Esq. at 5 Whitehall Place in London and signed by him at lower left with his title. Attractive.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original autograph document signed and sealed by Haci Hidayet Agazâde Mustafa who was 'ayân' and one of 'eshraf' (descendant from a local rooted and powerful family) in 'Emirler' Karyesi (Gaziantep - Aintab). (18 x11 cm). In Ottoman script. 1 p. Includes seven lines. Sent to Hacizâde Raif Efendi. Text: "Rif'atlu Kilisli Hacizâde Raif Efendi Hazretlerine, Rif'atu efendim Emirler Karyesi (?) azâ olmak üzere muhtarimiz Mustafa Bey'e yüz gurus virüb leffen gönderilen ilmühaber mûcibince azâ idüb isbu ilmühaberi ahz ediniz. Fî 13 Mayis sene [1]306 [1890].". It says that a bribery will be given to the local manager and that document will be destroyed. Signed by Author(s).

This noted banker had long served as director of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago when President Taft asked him to serve as 43rd Secretary of the Treasury in 1909, a position he filled until 1913, instituting many reforms. Partly-printed ADS, 1p, 6½" X 2½", Boston, MA, 1898 September 14. Very good. Two ĵ" cancellation punches (not affecting handwritten portions) and small paper chip. Pale pink check drawn on The Atlas National Bank, filled out entirely in MacVeagh's hand to "Mesr S. Tenney & Son" in the amount of $116.64 and signed in full. Attractive example.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Manuscript document handwritten on beige lined paper in black ink about the Betts family. Cover letter datelined May 9, 1895 in Fulton, New York and signed, "Mrs. H. L. Stout," in black ink. 8" x 10." Eleven pages. Pages are very clean and intact except for a few horizontal and vertical fold lines, age toning, some wrinkling, and a few minuscule splits along fold lines at the edges. A Very Good copy. This is a handwritten genealogy which begins with a two-page cover letter to Mr. G. K. Betts of Syracuse, New York by Mrs. H. L. Stout. The nine pages after the letter were also written by Stout. In her letter, she explains how the genealogical information in this document was obtained from her Aunt Jennie Betts of Missouri and a newspaper article Jennie had given her about an ancestral Betts family estate in England known as Hampton Heath. The genealogy begins with the name of John Burwell of England. John was the father of Hannah Burwell who married John Betts. The genealogy continues with the family lineage and briefly describes where different family members of the lived and settled. Much of the genealogy is in list form and includes many names but few dates. Signed by Author(s).

This interesting figure combined his scholarly and linguistic skills (first American to translate Ivan Turgenev and Leo Tolstoy) with a diplomatic career (among other posts, he served as American Consul General in Constantinople, first American Minister to Romania and Serbia, U.S. Minister to Greece, etc.). Partial ADS on a 3" X 1½" slip with printed border, n.p., n.y. Very good. Apparently the lower right portion of a pay slip from one of Schuyler's postings as a Consul, signed boldly in brown ink, with "salary for quarter ending" in his hand above; after the printed word "Consul" beneath his signature, he pens the word "General." Undated, but signed either during his tenure as American Consul General in Constantinople (1876-78), Birmingham (1878) or Rome (1879-80).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Original print document signed 'K. Taskent'. 22x15 cm. In Turkish. It includes a presentation of his new book titled 'Atatürk Aydinliginda Yasamak'. Sent to Mehmet Salihoglu. Dated 7.8.1981. Signed by Author(s).

1 sheet. 7.5 x 4.5 inches. No. 21, dated October 17, 1796 Auditors Office: "Received of Thomas Alexander by Richard Terill, the Treasurers Receipt for One pound, ten shillings, seven pence. on one thousand acres of third rate land lying on the North fork of Licking in Mason County for the years 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795" Signed by George Madison (1763-1816), second cousin to James Madison, a few months following his appointment as Auditor of Public Accounts for Kentucky, a position he would hold for twenty years. He later gained popularity as a consequence of his military service in the Revolutionary War, the Northwest Indian War, and the War of 1812, in which he was taken prisoner following the Battle of Frenchtown. Madison's popularity was such that when the citizens of Kentucky demanded he run for governor in 1816; his challenger was wise enough to drop out of the race. Madison died shortly after taking office. Very good, lightly edge worn, scattered soiling, few tiny tears along the folds, text legible.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original autograph manuscript document signed 'Peyami Safa'. Oblong: 15x23 cm. In French. 1 p. It's resume of a paper written for the "XVeme Congress International de Sociologie, Istanbul, 11-17 Septembre 1952" related to 'Ibn-Khaldoun' and 'Auguste Comte'. Safa was a Turkish journalist, columnist and novelist. He was born in 1899 to writer and poet Ismail Safa (1867-1901) in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. While he was only two years old, his father died in exile in Sivas. During his youth years until the age of seventeen, he lived in psychic and physical depression due a bone sickness he suffered from at the age of eight or nine. He rejected his doctors' advice to amputate his arm. Safa described his experiences in hospitals in his novel Dokuzuncu Hariciye Kogusu, which was filmed in 1967. In 1911, Peyami Safa had to give up his education at Vefa High School, and began working in a printing house and later in the Ministry of Post. He taught himself French, and in 1918 together with his elder brother began publishing a newspaper. In later years, he published three literary periodicals. He also wrote in various newspapers sometimes as a columnist, and sometimes as a novelist. Most of his novels were created before 1940. In these novels, he stressed on the west-east conflict in the Turkish society during the early years of the Turkish Republic. His novel Dokuzuncu Hariciye Kogusu gained much interest. In 1931, he wrote his only historical novel about Attila the Hun. Besides these novels, he wrote many serial stories and novels in newspapers, among them in Cumhuriyet and Milliyet, under the pseudonym "Server Bedii". Some of these are about a gentleman thief named Cingöz Recai. Signed by Author(s).

Blatt. Condition: Gut. Original-Dokument "District of Salem & Beverly"mit drei Unterschriften, dabei die von Nathaniel Hawthorne. Selten! gefalte und gebräunt, aber insgesamt sehr schönes Exemplar /// Autogramm Autograph signiert signed signee /// Nathaniel Hawthorne (* 4. Juli 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts; ? 19. Mai 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller der Romantik. Mit seinen oft allegorischen Romanen und Kurzgeschichten erlangte er Weltgeltung. Nathaniel Hawthorne entstammte einer alten Puritanerfamilie. Sein Ururgroßvater John Hathorne (erst Nathaniel fügte dem Familiennamen ein 'w' zu) war einer der Richter bei den Hexenprozessen von Salem 1692. Schon aus diesem Grund beschäftigte sich Hawthorne in seinen Romanen und Kurzgeschichten oft mit der Welt der Puritaner Neuenglands. Hawthornes Geburtshaus in Salem, Massachusetts Grab auf dem Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord Sein Vater fuhr als Erster Offizier zur See und brachte 1796 zusammen mit Kapitän Jacob Crowninshield, der später Politiker wurde, aus Kalkutta den ersten Elefanten nach Amerika. Der Vater starb im Jahre 1808 auf einem Schiff vor Suriname an Gelbfieber. Hawthorne wurde daher von seiner Mutter und deren Verwandten aufgezogen, die ihn vor der Welt behüteten. Da er schon als Kind durch seine erzählerische Begabung auffiel, wurde er auf eine Privatschule geschickt. Von 1821 bis 1824 studierte er am Bowdoin College in Maine, wo er in die akademische Verbindung Phi Beta Kappa aufgenommen wurde. Hawthorne war mit dem Dichter Henry Wadsworth Longfellow und dem späteren Präsidenten Franklin Pierce befreundet. Anfängliche Misserfolge als Schriftsteller zwangen ihn, Anstellungen beim Zolldienst und in der Postverwaltung (1839-1841) anzunehmen. Später konnte er von seiner schriftstellerischen Arbeit leben, was in Amerika vor ihm nur Washington Irving und James Fenimore Cooper gelungen war. Ab 1840 gehörte er zum Kreis der Transzendentalisten und schloss Freundschaft mit George Ripley, Henry David Thoreau und Ralph Waldo Emerson. 1841 verbrachte er ein halbes Jahr in der sozialutopischen Siedlung Brook Farm, die von George Ripley kurz zuvor gegründet worden war. Seine Zeit in der Kommune verarbeitete er später in dem Roman The Blithedale Romance. 1842 heiratete er die ebenfalls dem Transcendentalist Club zugehörige Malerin Sophia Peabody, mit der er bis zu seinem Tod eine glückliche Ehe führte und drei Kinder hatte. Sie lebten in den ersten Jahren ihrer Ehe im noch heute als Museum zu besichtigenden Haus The Old Manse. 1850 schloss er eine kurzlebige Freundschaft mit Herman Melville, dem Hawthorne ein großes Vorbild war (Moby Dick ist Hawthorne gewidmet). Von dem Briefwechsel, den die beiden führten, sind nur die Briefe Melvilles an Hawthorne erhalten geblieben. 1852 schrieb er eine Wahlkampfbiographie für seinen Schulfreund Franklin Pierce (Mitglied der Demokratischen Partei). Nachdem Pierce ein Jahr später Präsident wurde, verschaffte er Hawthorne einen Posten als amerikanischer Konsul in Liverpool. Dort blieb Hawthorne vier Jahre, verbrachte weitere anderthalb Jahre mit seiner Familie in Italien, und kehrte schließlich nach Concord zurück, wo er im Haus The Wayside lebte. Auf dem Weg zu einem Erholungsurlaub in den White Mountains starb er am 19. Mai 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire. Am 23. Mai 1864 wurde er auf dem Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord beigesetzt. Hawthorne wird mit Herman Melville und Edgar Allan Poe zur ?dunklen? amerikanischen Romantik gezählt. Seine Romane und Kurzgeschichten sind von einem tiefen epistemologischen und metaphysischen Skeptizismus geprägt. Seine Themen sind oftmals die dunklen Seiten der Seele wie der Gesellschaft: Sünde, Schuld, Strafe, Intoleranz und Entfremdung. Schon zu Lebzeiten wurde Hawthorne als Begründer einer genuin amerikanischen Nationalliteratur kanonisiert. Auch heute gilt er als einer der bedeutendsten amerikanischen Schriftsteller, und kaum ein Collegestudent kommt an The Scarlet Letter vorbei /// Standort Wimregal Ill-Umschl2022-09 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 10.

2pp, 8vo. On first leaf of bifolium. Text complete and clearly legible, on aged and worn paper. The first page is begins with text in the hand of Cammillo Cateni, headed 'Adì 2 Gennaio 1800', written on behalf of Cateni and Giovanni Gualterro Uccelli, 'Medici filii di questa Citta di Firenze', attesting the signature of 'la Siga. Angiola Lucchi'. (Jeremy Black, in his 'Italy and the Grand Tour' (2003), states that Horace Walpole's friend Francis Whithed (1719-51) had a mistress by this name, 'by whom he had a daughter, Sophia, to whom he eventually left £6,000'.) This section is signed by 'Dott. Cammillo Cateni' and 'Dott. Gio: Gualterro Uccelli'. Beneath this, taking up most of the first page is the first part of the text in the hand of the Florentine notary public Lorenzo Fabbrucci, headed 'Al Nome di Dio - Amen', attesting to Cateni, Uccelli and Lucchi. Fabbrucci's stamp in black ink is in the margin beside the continuation on the second page, after which is Fabbrucci's signature. After this comes Wyndham's text, with his seal in red wax in the left-hand margin: 'This is to certify to all whom it may concern that Sigr. Lorenzo Fabbrucci is a Notary Public in this city of Florence & that full faith may be given to his signature - | Given under our hand & seal this thirteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred | W Wyndham | His Majestys Envoy Extra | at the Court of Tuscany'.

Both the letter and the accompanying document are in fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Both items signed 'Dion: Lardner'. ONE: Letter to Dickinson & Co. 1p, 12mo. He wishes to add 'these few lines' to 'the enclosed business letter' (not present), 'to aprise you that from the private knowledge I have of the parties interested in the business that I am of opinion that they are entitled to serious attention. The [?] is still unworked and totally unknown to the public or the trade and if you [?] find the specimen of pulp favorable a sufficient quantity could be forwarded to enable you to entrust to a trial on a sufficient scale to test its capabilities'. TWO: Conclusion of Manuscript Proposal, signed by Lardner, regarding an 'article'. 1p, landscape 12mo. Text in another hand, valediction by Lardner: 'I remain, Dear Sirs, | Yours very truly | Dion: Lardner'. (The 'Sirs' suggests that this item relates to Item One.) Reads: '[.] both in color and texture to any that can be fabricated from rags. | In the above estimate the raw material is put down at 5s. per Cwt but in point of fact this is a mere conjectural estimate in which a value is taken upon the principles that a greatly increased demand might give an augmented value to the article | At present the article can be procured almost for nothing.'.

Softcover. First Edition. This is a disbound pamphlet entitled Mr. John Randolph's Motion. It is dated February 24, 1806. It is signed under Randolph's printed name by G. W. Campbell, a well-known early Tennessee politician. The pamphlet has some wear along the edges and is almost split in two on the fold. It is also toned. The autograph is bold and in NF condition. George Washington Campbell served in the US House of Representatives from 1805-1809, was a judge on the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1809-1811, served in the US Senate from 1811-1818 -- a term briefly interrupted by his appointment as Secretary of the Treasury in 1814 from which he resigned after a few months, and finally was US Ambassador to Russia. He was an important Tennessee and US politician. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 4 pages.

This U.S. Army general commanded the VII Corps Artillery (1944-45), the 82nd Airborne Division (1950), the 2nd Armored Division (1951) and the X Corps (1952); he served as vice chief of staff for the U.S. Army in 1955, deputy commander in chief of Europe in 1957 and director of military assistance for the Defense Department in 1960. Partly-printed ADS, 1p, 7 3/4" X 2 3/4", Washington, DC, 1921 February 9. Very good. Check made out to Geraldine Birkheimer for $40, drawn on the Riggs National Bank, whose engraved image appears at left. Usual cancellation perforations, not affecting signature.

James Samuel Walter de Soysa (b.1880) was one of the children of the vastly wealthy Ceylonese tea planter and philanthropist Charles Henry de Soysa (1836-1890) of Moratuwa and Alfred House, Colombo. An Anglican, he was educated at Cambridge, and was a bencher of the Inner Temple. In 1904 he married Maria Micada Piedra Albo, of a distinguished Spanish family. They lived in London in Kensington, and in Ceylon, where he had his own plantations. The present documents relate to the couple's separation and divorce proceedings, which were filed in London, which resulted in him keeping the Kensington property and paying his wife and then her sister alimony for life. In 1918 he remarried, and he and his second wife Francis Dora Sirimanna lived at 'Sunnyside' in Moratuwa, and then at properties at Angulana and Gurudeniya. Both items in good condition, lightly aged and worn, each with a few pinholes from previous attachment to one corner of the leaves. ONE: Letter, in English, from J. S. W. de Sousa's wife to 'Mr. Powell'. Either a transcript or the Autograph Original signed 'Maria Albo de Soysa'. Fully filling 8pp, 8vo, with the conclusing written written lengthwise up a margin. On four loose bifoliums, previously pinned together. Headed: 'Address - / c/o Mrs. Gámá / Glencairn / Colpetty. / 23rd Nov: 1911 / Colombo / Ceylon'. At head of first page is a memorandum dated 18 April 1918, setting out the documents involved in the divorce settlement, with the autograph signature: 'Before me / J. W. Lawrence / A Commissioner for Oaths', headed 'W. P. 4 / In the High Court of Justice / Chancery Division / Mr Justice Astbury'. Maria de Soysa's letter begins in histrionic style: 'Dear Mr. Powell / As you are perhaps already aware by this time that Mr. Walter de Soysa after being once more influenced by his own people as soon as he reached Colombo he deserted me & is trying to make the Trust null & void after looking so genuine & in earnest about all what he did of his own wish & will in order to recompense for all the wrongs he has done to me. / Now stranded & deserted as I am in a foreign country away from my home & my own people my only chance of getting any justice in this world lies in trusting you, Mr. Lambert & Dr. Gámá.' After a degree of repetition she explains 'the exact position': 'I am sent out of his house at the most unearthly hour of night bag & baggage & had to shelter with my friends as there was great danger of my being ill treated & even poisoned & murdered by his own people helping'. She explains how she has had recourse to law and 'a separation through the court for this desertion on his part'. She complains that she may 'lose everything after him & all will go either to his people or one of his mistresses which he picks up a new one every day & which habit is sure to go from bad to worse being left to himself'. She repeats her assertion of confidence in the advice she is being given, and states that de Soysa 'has already sent a notice to Dr. Gámá informing him of anulling of the Trust & has made another will & instead of having the deeds registered for the Trust & handed over to Messrs Julius & Creasy has them registered back in his name'. She asks Powell to 'kindly act in this matter as is needful instead of being out done & cheated by him & his fraudulent lawyers'. She spends the second half of the letter attempting to influence him, while stating that 'it is not for a moment when I write to you this that I have any object in influencing you on my behalf'. Implying that de Soysa may contract syphilis, she states that there is something 'wrong in putting the properties in Trust of a man who has every chance of being one of these days totally blind, & get struck with paralysis & squander all his fortune if left to himself in company of bad women & gambling thereby reducing himself to the condition of a beggar & then be a bruden to me in near future when he will be 'shuned' [sic] & out-cast by his own people as soon as he goes through his whole fortune which he is sure to do as you are already aware of his vicious habits'. Raising the suggestion that she may have contracted his syphilis, she continues with understandable histrionics: 'Stranded, forsaken & robbed, ruined, health with a most gloomy future facing me as to the exact state of my health & suffering therefore being taunted by the most horrible of diseases by the wicked conduct of this man whom I had the misfortune to marry with nothing to be blamed for any of my actions & after leading a straight life even under such trying circumstances'. With a hint of racism she suggests that Powell will do his 'utmost to save me from the great wrong that this foreigner is trying to do by depriving his rightful wife, of all those rights to which she has every claim'. She concludes with more complaints of 'all these wrongs that I have suffered at the hands of this heartless man', and asking to be saved 'from utter ruin at this man's hand'. TWO: Document in Sinhalese, presumably related to Item One. 6pp, 4to, on six leaves, with around twenty-two lines to a page apart from the last page of five lines. In ink, with a few emendations in pencil and ink.

2pp, foolscap 8vo. On grey laid paper with mourning border, brittle and lightly creased, with chipping and closed tears to edges. Addressed in Archibald's hand to 'The President of the Albion Society of New York', and signed 'E M Archibold / HM Brit Consul Genl'. Informing the Society that he has 'received from Sir Edward Thornton a despatch acknowledging' the receipt of 'the Resolution of Condolence with Her Majesty, on the death of Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice', which he 'transmitted to Her Majesty's Minister at Washington for the purpose of being forwarded to the Marquis of Salisbury'. 'PTO' at bottom right of page, but nothing on reverse. See image.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original types document with autograph scripts. 4to. (30 x 21 cm). In English. 1 p. A typed document for the registration to the Congress of Sociology at Istanbul in 1952. Dated 31. IX. 1952. His autograph notes are his name and surname, his address, date, title of communication (his proceeding's title) and signature. His proceeding entitled 'Osmanlica'nin inkisafinda içtimâî faktörler' [i.e. Social factors in the development of Ottoman Turkish]. German Turkologist; educated in Switzerland; member of the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD); traveled widely in Turkey together with the Austrian Turkologist and fellow party member Andreas Tietze; settled in Turkey in 1939; after the Second World War director of the German cultural institute, later Goethe Institute (1961-68), in Istanbul and lastly of the Goethe Institute in Amsterdam. Anhegger was born in Vienna in 1911, the son of a German trader. After World War I (much of which he spent in Switzerland), Anhegger moved with his parents to Rotterdam. In 1923 the family moved to Zürich. In Zürich, Anhegger started to read Law, History and Literature at the university, before moving to Vienna in 1932. There he continued his studies, this time reading Economic History, Slavonic studies and Islamic studies. He also started to learn Turkish. It was during his studies in Vienna that he befriended Andreas Tietze. They not only shared scholarly interests, but also a passion for left-wing politics. Anhegger made his first trip to Turkey in 1935. In 1939 he received his Ph.D. degree at the University of Zürich and in 1940 he moved (and as it turned out emigrated) to Istanbul. He had several motives for doing so: quite apart from his scholarly interest in Turkey, his background in the Communist movement and the fact that he shared his life with a Jewish woman, made him feel unsafe so close to Germany. In Istanbul he worked at the German Archeological Institute until he was dismissed in 1942 for refusing to join up when called to serve in the German army. After his dismissal he worked as a teacher of German language and literature in a number of places, notably Istanbul University. As a German with intimate knowledge of Turkey, who was untainted by any Nazi connections, Anhegger from the early fifties onwards became the lynchpin of German cultural activities in Istanbul, culminating in his directorship of the Goethe Institute after 1961. In 1958 Anhegger married the Turkish architect Muallâ Eyüboglu, the sister of the painter Bedri Rahmi. His connections with modern Turkish painters led him to found the first private art gallery in Istanbul in 1957. Robert and Muallâ Anhegger now live partly in Istanbul, partly in Amsterdam. Signed by Author(s).

In French. In French. 1 1/2 pages. 1 vols. 8 x 5 1/2 inches. Quittance signed as Colonel of the Regiment.He later became a Brigadier des Armées. Vellum. Some marginal soiling and stains, creases, else very good 1 1/2 pages. 1 vols. 8 x 5 1/2 inches. Signed.

ONE: 1p., 4to. Embossed with government seal at head. In good condition, lightly aged. Reads: 'I The Right Honourable William Page Baron Hatherley, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, do hereby sanction the closing of the County Courts of the Circuit No. 34 during four weeks in the month of August next, Richard Harington Esqre., The Judge of the Same Courts, being desirous of holding Courts in the month of September next. | Hatherley C'. In envelope with Hatherley's signature ('Hatherley') at bottom-left of front, addressed in autograph to 'Richard Harington Esq | Heath Lodge | Hanwell'. With red circular 'LONDON OFFICIAL' frank on front, and three more postmarks on back. TWO: 1p., folio. On grey paper. Printed form, completed by a secretary, and signed by Hatherley, removing Harington from the office of Judge of the County Court of 'Bedfordshire holden at Ampthill, of Buckinghamshire holden at Newport Pagnell' and of other places, and appointing him judge at 'Northamptonshire holden at Daventry' and othe places. From the Harington family papers.

Manuscript. Condition: Good. Dated January 3rd, 1681, ancient document with a number of signatures though Delongchamps is the only dechiperable, relating to the revenues of the Generalite d'Alecon. Very fine illustrated revenue. Slightly fragile and some chips and small tears. Autograph.