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POWELL, G. [Under Secretary of State].
Typed letter, signed.
Ottawa: 1888..
folio. 1 page on the Department of the Secretary of State letterhead. POWELL, G. [Under Secretary of State]. Typed letter, signed, Ottawa 2nd June 1888, on Department of the Secretary of State letterhead, to Adam Brown Esq., Hamilton. folio. pp. 1. (horizontal folds & edges of some creases torn). [WITH:] 1-page printed poem. "I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th ultimo, enclosing a letter addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Stanley of Preston, newly appointed Governor General of Canada, stated to be a poetical welcome offered to His Excellency, and to inform you that the same has been forwarded to the Governor General's Secretary for the necessary action." Offered herewith is a printed copy of a poem welcoming Lord Stanley to Hamilton, presumably by Murray.
$100 USD Book Number: alysser202 Order / Enquire

POZER, Christian Henry [1835-1884].
Manuscript Letter, signed.
Ottawa: 1873..
8vo. 3 pages. (horizontal folds, trace of foxing). POZER, Christian Henry [1835-1884] [Lawyer, Member of the House of Commons for Beauce (1867-76) and Senate (appointed 1876)]. Manuscript Letter, signed, dated House of Commons, Ottawa, March 23, 1873, marked "this is a copy of his exact". "I have given instruction to my broker at St. George to send me the Broughton acct books that I may ascertain the exact amount collected for you & which sum I shall forward to your address. "Mrs. Rogers has disposed of her claims amounting to upwards of $10,000 to Mr. Rattray of Quebec for the sum of $3,500 not withstanding the great difficulty of collecting the sums due to Mr. Hall & his children. I shall be prepared to purchace [sic] at the same rate in the month of June. "I continue to be Mr. Rattrays Agent & I wish to purchase solely for political purposes - unfortunately when we passed deeds (on your first visit) errors crept into certain deeds but these can be remedied when giving the quit claims.".
$85 USD Book Number: elala829 Order / Enquire

QUISLING, Vidkun [Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn] [1887-1945].
Typed Document, Signed.
Moscow: 1929..
Dated June 17, 1929. one-page folio, Quisling's certification attached. (numerous horizontal folds; documents stapled in upper left-hand corner). Document signed by the Norwegian Fascist Politician and Collaborationist whose name became synonymous with 'traitor' in the second world war. Affidavit of Maxim Petrovich Muzika of the village of Lastovets, Kamenetsky rayon, Kamenetsky Okrug declaring that he has not received the money coming to him from the Canadian War Department through Mr. Weldie in the amount of $339.49. Signed by Musika, with seals and authorized signatures of officials of the Village Council of Lastovets, officials of the People's Commissariat of the Interior of the Ukrainian S.S.R., and officials of the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs, Moscow. Quisling has signed to the certify the last two signatures in his capacity as member of the Norwegian Legation at Moscow, with seal. Also included is a one-page English translation, signed by D.H.Dubrowsky, Representative of the Russian Red Cross Societies (with carbon copy). In Moscow Quisling was also responsible for managing British diplomatic affairs, for which services he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by King George V, although this honour was later rescinded. He returned to Norway in 1929, serving as Minister of Defence during the governments of Peder Kolstad and Jens Hundseid, before founding the Norwegian fascist party, Nasjonal Samling, in 1933. On April 9, 1940, he seized power in a Nazi-backed coup-d'état during the German invasion of Norway. After the war Quisling was charged and convicted of embezzlement, murder and high treason, and executed by firing squad on October 24, 1945. The term quisling is still used as a synonym for traitor or collaborationist.
$750 USD Book Number: elala4793 Order / Enquire

REID, James [1769-1848] Et Al.
Printed document, blanks filled in, signed.
Montreal: 1830..
15 ½" x 13 ¼". embossed seal in lower left-hand corner. (horizontal & vertical folds, tear in document along seal edge - no loss). REID, James [1769-1848]; George PYKE [1775-1851]; Norman Fitzgeral UNIACKE [1777?-1846]; Jean Roche ROLLAND [1785-1862] [Jurists]. Printed document, blanks filled in, signed by Reid, in his capacity as Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench of and for the District of Montreal, and by Pyke, Uniacke and Rolland as Puisne Justices of the said Court, appointing Gabriel Marchand a commissioner for administering oaths, dated Montreal, May 15, 1830.
$200 USD Book Number: elala831 Order / Enquire

ROSS, Sir George William [1841-1914] [Fifth Prime Minister of Ontario (1899-1905)].
Autograph Letter, Signed, dated Toronto, Nov. 8/03, to William Murray, Athol Bank, Hamilton.
Toronto: 1903..
8vo. pp. 2. (horizontal & vertical folds). Ross tells the poet and Bard of the St. Andrew's Society, that he is glad that Murray was pleased with Ross's speech on the unveiling of Sir Oliver Mowat's statue and goes on to praise Mowat: "The dear old man deserves all I could say about him. He was personally a most likeable man and his public and party services were of the greatest constitutional and practical value."
$200 USD Book Number: elala5936 Order / Enquire

ROWAN, Sir William [1789-1879].
Circular manuscript letter, signed.
York: 1834..
folio. one page. (horizontal & vertical folds). ROWAN, Sir William [1789-1879] [Civil and Military Secretary to Sir John Colborne (1832-39); Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in North America (1849); Administrator of Canada (1853-54)]. Circular manuscript letter, signed, to the Clerk of the Peace Eastern District stating ten blank Assessments and Population Returns have been forwarded, signed by Rowan, dated Government House, York [Upper Canada], March 4, 1834.
$175 USD Book Number: elala835 Order / Enquire

SHOVELL, Sir Clowdisley [1650-1707].
Printed and Manuscript Document, Signed.
np: November 20, 1706..
one-page folio, verso blank except for ms. docket title. (horizontal folds, soiled, few short tears & small paper loss affecting margins). SHOVELL, Sir Clowdisley [1650-1707] [Admiral of the Fleet (1705)]. Printed and Manuscript Document regarding the payment to Shovell of twenty-five pounds, ten shillings and 4 1/2 pence "...for securing certain Recompences and Advantages in the said Act mentioned to such Persons as shall voluntarily advance the Sum of [Four?] Hundred Thousand Pounds towards carrying on a Vigorous War against France...". Signed by Shovell and Witness Tho Colby, dated November 20, 1706. Shovell spent many years (1674-88) fighting against the Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean (he was awarded a gold medal by King Charles I for one raid), and was engaged in many of the important battles of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, establishing himself as a popular hero, being knighted and rising steadily in the naval ranks. Most notably he contributed to the English victory at La Hogue in 1692, being the first to break through the enemy's line aboard HMS Prince, and to the capture of Gibraltar in 1704. In 1705 he became Admiral of the Fleet and the following year he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the British fleets. Shovell drowned in 1707 when his ship was wrecked near the Isles of Scilly, although it was speculated that he had reached shore but was murdered by a woman for his emerald ring. His body, recovered and embalmed by order of Queen Anne, was carried in state to London to great fanfare and interred at Westminster Abbey, where his large marble monument was sculpted by Grinling Gibbons.
$500 USD Book Number: elala5053 Order / Enquire

SUTHERLAND, James [1849-1905] [Minister of Public Works for Canada (1902-05)].
Typed letter, signed.
Ottawa: 1902..
4to. 1 page on Minister of Marine and Fisheries letterhead. SUTHERLAND, James [1849-1905] [Minister of Public Works for Canada (1902-05)]. Typed letter, signed, dated Ottawa, Canada 13th February, 1902, on Minister of Marine and Fisheries letterhead, to William Murray Esq. at Athol Bank in Hamilton. 4to. pp. 1. (horizontal folds). with free-franked envelope (stamp cut out). "I received with pleasure your warm poetic greetings, which I assure you I appreciate very much. I have long known your love for the Liberal Party, and particularly for Scotchmen. I reciprocate your cordial sentiments, and desire to convey my kind regards to yourself and all the members of the Clan Murray in Hamilton. / We have our friend Gibson down here again. He is now in the Upper House, and has nothing to do, so when you can find it convenient to pay a visit here, if I happen to be busy, between us we will be able to show you something of the beauties of Ottawa."
$125 USD Book Number: alysser205 Order / Enquire

TRIGGE, General Sir Thomas [c1742-1814].
Manuscript Letter, Signed.
Gibraltar: December 18, 1804..
folio. pp. 2. (horizontal & vertical folds). TRIGGE, General Sir Thomas [c1742-1814] [British Military Officer, Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies (1799-1801), Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar (1804)]. Manuscript Letter, Signed, dated Gibraltar, December 18, 1804 and addressed to Captain Robinson, HMS Swiftsure. Trigg requests that Robinson give the order to Captain Boyle of HMS Seahorse to convey Trigge back to England where he is to take up his new appointment as the Lieutenant Governor of Chelsea Hospital. He had been prevented from returning sooner on board HMS Triumph: "the Fever which broke out in the Garrison, and consequent death of Major General Barnett, rendered it necessary that I should remain till the arrival of a General Officer to take 'the command'. Lieutenant General Fox having arrived with convoy, I am anxious to return to England as soon as possible...". Trigge fought during the Seven Years' War and commanded the 12th Regiment of Foot during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. He appeared in the commemorative painting of the siege executed by George Carter for the City of London. As Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies he was responsible for the capture of Surinam (1799), St. Martin, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix, for which actions he was made a Knight of the Bath. He was briefly active Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar following the departure of the unpopular Governor, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn who had been ordered to restore discipline among the drunken troops but whose efforts provoked a mutiny; one of Trigge's first acts was to countermand 35 of the 169 new regulations the Prince had introduced.
$400 USD Book Number: elala5056 Order / Enquire

WARREN, John Borlase, 1st Baronet [1753-1822].
Manuscript Letter, Signed.
np: August 13, 1781..
one-page folio. (edges chipped). WARREN, John Borlase, 1st Baronet [1753-1822] [British Admiral, Commander-in-Chief on the North American Station (1807-20, 1813-14). Manuscript Letter to the Board of Ordnance, Signed, dated August 13, 1781, on board the Ariadne. Requesting approval for payment of John Page, who acted as armourer to the Ariadne under Warren's command by order of Rear-Admiral Barrington. Warrant made August 16, 1781.
$275 USD Book Number: elala5057 Order / Enquire

WELLESLEY, Richard Colley, 1st Marquis Wellesley [1760-1842].
Autograph Letter, Signed 'Mornington'.
Stratford Place, May 9, 1785..
4to. pp. 2, with integral leaf with cover & remains of seal. horizontal & vertical folds. WELLESLEY, Richard Colley, 1st Marquis Wellesley [1760-1842] [Governor-General of India (1798-1805); Foreign Secretary (1809-12); Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1821-28)]. Autograph Letter, Signed 'Mornington', dated Stratford Place, May 9th 1785, to Monseiur Perrigaud (?), Paris. Written when Wellesley was Earl of Mornington and a member of the English House of Commons. Wellesley promises to pay the remainder of his debt to the addressee and remit the money to Mr. Nesbitt's before the 22nd of June, "the day to which the bond runs". "I had hoped long before this time to have been able to pay the remainder of my debt to you, but the failure of a person in Ireland connected with my affairs, has prevented me from getting the money as soon as I expected.I have written.merely to avoid any suspicion of delay on my part, in an affair, when you have conducted yourself so liberally on yours."
$200 USD Book Number: elala2193 Order / Enquire

WELLINGTON, Arthur WELLESLEY, first Duke of [1769-1852].
Autograph Letter in the third person.
London: May 3, 1833..
8vo. pp. 3. (horizontal & vertical folds). WELLINGTON, Arthur WELLESLEY, first Duke of [1769-1852] [Field-Marshal; Prime Minister of England (1828-30, 1834); Commander-in-Chief of the British Army (1827-1852)]. Autograph Letter in the third person, dated London, May 3, 1833. Acknowledging the receipt of a letter but regretting that he has no recollection of having received a parcel from Mr. Rowbotham.
$250 USD Book Number: elala2190 Order / Enquire

WENTWORTH, Benning.
Manuscript document, signed.
Halifax: 1799..
folio. one page. (horizontal folds, few short tears at folds, small hole in upper blank margin). WENTWORTH, Benning [Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia]. Manuscript document, signed by Wentworth, dated Halifax, September 24, 1799, authorizing the "Return of Lodging Money due to Benning Wentworth Esqr. Secretary to the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, between the 25th day of June and the 24th day of September 1799 inclusive".
$300 USD Book Number: elala848 Order / Enquire

WENTWORTH, Sir John, Bart. [1737-1820].
Manuscript document, signed.
Halifax: 1806..
folio. 2 pages, with integral leaf (blank except for docket title on verso). with sea. (horizontal folds, few short tears along folds). WENTWORTH, Sir John, Bart. [1737-1820] [Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia (1792-1808)]. Manuscript document, signed by Wentworth and Ja. Gautier, Deputy Secretary, dated Halifax, February 1, 1806. The document concerns provisions for a female child of James De Lancey of Annapolis [1746-1804] [Army Officer, Loyalist, and Annapolis County Politician], officially appointing Thomas Barclay of New York, and William De Lancey and Thomas Ritchie, both of Annapolis, as her legal guardians. The child, named Ann, aged two at the time of the execution of the present document, was born after De Lancey's death in 1804.
$599 USD Book Number: elala849 Order / Enquire

WIELAND, Christoph Martin [1733-1813] [German Poet & Writer].
Autograph Letter in German, Signed 'Wieland'.
np: February 15, 1778..
4to. pp. 2. (2 dampspots, edges little chipped). Offered together with a later manuscript English translation and a folio engraved portrait of Wieland by N.Schenker after F. van Kügelgen (foxed). WIELAND, Christoph Martin [1733-1813] [German Poet & Writer]. Autograph Letter in German, Signed 'Wieland', dated February 15, 1778, to Mr. Mann. Thanking the addressee for his friendly exertions in undertaking to have made by Verhelfs (?) a copper-engraving of a portrait of Cardinal Ximenes and sending him the drawing of Ximenes by Kraus which is to serve as the basis for the engraving. Wieland insists he must have the proof plate by the end of March and that it must furnish 2500 impressions. He also requests that Mann greet Schwan and his Madonna and beg him to oblige him by despatching two stitched copies of Rosamund on his account to Caspar Bölling in Frankfurt and Peter Much in Amsterdam. He also writes with regards to communications with Savioli.
$5490 USD Book Number: elala2199 Order / Enquire

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