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WILBERFORCE, Samuel [1805-1873].
Autograph Letter, Signed.
Brighton Rectory: Aug. 7, 1838..
4to. pp. 3. (horizontal & vertical folds, hinged on right side). WILBERFORCE, Samuel [1805-1873] [successively Bishop of Oxford (1845-69) and Winchester (1869-73), best remembered today for his opposition to Darwin's theory of evolution]. Autograph Letter, Signed, dated Brighton Rectory, Aug. 7, 1838, to the Honble Fox Maule[-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie] (1801-74), M.P. An angry refusal of a government request by Lord John Russell: ".I am not aware that the parochial clergy have any such connection with the Home Office, as will justify his Lordship in the use of this language of command. Nor is it an accidental use of improper language since 1st if it were not pretended that these extracts from the parish register were demanded by Authority the clergy would be entitled at the common law to certain fees for sending them 2ly since this mode of demanding them is new. The ascertained custom upon such occasions being for the government to communicate with the clergy through their Bishops to whom they will be always to yield glad obedience. It is therefore from no petulant spirit of opposition to authority that I refuse to obey his Lordships commands but because in doing so, as far as I can see, I should 1st sanction the covert introduction of a dangerous principle (the dependance of the clergy on the home office) and hereby IIly endanger the independant rights of the clergy, and so IIIly (which is Lordship would be doubtless most unwilling to promote) impair the liberty of the subject." At the time Wilberforce was rector of Brightstone in the Isle of Wight. Fox-Maule was Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department.
$400 USD Book Number: elala2194 Order / Enquire
WILLIAMS, James William [1825-1892].
Autograph letter, signed.
np: [c1863-90]..
8vo. 4 pages. stitched in blue wrs. (horizontal folds). WILLIAMS, James William [1825-1892] [Anglican Bishop of Quebec (1863-92)]. Autograph letter, signed 'JW. Quebec', undated [c1863-90], to J.A.Thompson of Windsor. ".I am a reader of the Net, which is circulated largely in the diocese of Quebec. If my warm recommendation will increase the circulation that shall not be wanting. I have no accounts of the diocese by me that wd. bue of use to you. I have sent pour Cookesleys Diary. I think you knew him in Natal. Anyhow it is an excellent memorial of a most excellent man."
$125 USD Book Number: elala851 Order / Enquire
WINDHAM, William [1750-1810].
"Instructions for Captn. Foy". Manuscript Document, Signed.
np: September 30, 1800..
folio. pp. 11. (horizontal & vertical folds, some chipping to spine & small holes along folds of last leaf). WINDHAM, William [1750-1810] [Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in the Government of William Pitt during the French Revolutionary Wars (1794-1801)]. "Instructions for Captn. Foy". Manuscript Document, Signed, dated September 30, 1800. The instructions direct Captain Foy at the King's command to the court of the Prince of Lowenstein to cancel the arrangement for hiring mercenary troops that had been made between Lieutenant-Colonel Cooper and his agent, Captain Gomer, and contain details regarding the settlement of payments. Two years later, in 1802, with Austria and Russia no longer engaged in the war, Britain found herself increasingly isolated and agreed to the Treaty of Amiens with Napoleon's government. Windham was a strong proponent of the Royalist cause and the Bourbon restoration and a vociferous opponent of the peace. When the preliminaries of the Treaty were debated in the Commons on 3 November 1801, Windham gave a speech that "...was the sensation of the evening". He said Addington and Lord Hawkesbury "...in a moment of rashness and weakness, have fatally put their hands to this treaty, have signed the death-warrant of their country. They have given it a blow, under which it may languish for a few years, but from which I do not conceive how it is possible for it ever to recover". (Wikipedia) When Charles James Fox visited France during the peace, Napoleon said he believed Windham's "talents were mediocre and that he was an unfeeling, unprincipled man...I detest him and that Pitt who together have attempted my life". (Ibid.)
$750 USD Book Number: elala5059 Order / Enquire
WOOD, John George [1827-1889].
Autograph Letter, Signed.
Upper Norwood: March 2, 1880..
12mo pp. 4. (horizontal & vertical folds). WOOD, John George [1827-1889] [Popular British Writer and Lecturer on Natural History]. Autograph Letter, Signed, on letterhead, dated Upper Norwood, March 2, 1880, to Miss Goddard. Wood is pleased to hear that a young farrier is going to examine the horse's foot and gives instructions on how to proceed: "Tell him to get a fine saw & make two sections of it, one perpendicular through the toe & heel, & the other horizontal, about half way up the hoof. He will then see the wonderful series of springs, & how they are brought into action by the pressure of the frog on the ground. If for the future, he leaves the frog & sole untouched, & merely pares the edge of the crust to compensate for the growth, his horses will bless him. If all farriers would learn the structure of the foot, our horses would be spared great suffering, could do more work, & which is most important to many men - would last for several years longer." He mentions two lectures at Gloucester, and wishes "that the SPCA would engage me for lectures all over England. It has plenty of money, & I don't see how it could be better expended." He laments that School Boards don't teach kindness to animals, and also wishes to there could be a series of lectures given around Birmingham. He offers a photo (not present) which shows part of his drawing frame, together with some of the chalk sketches that had illustrated the lecture at the Polytechnic. Wood's sketch lectures (illustrated by drawing on a black-board and on large sheets of white paper with coloured crayons were very popular and made his name widely known in Great Britain and the United States.
$150 USD Book Number: elala5060 Order / Enquire
WOOD, John George [1827-1889].
Autograph Letter, Signed.
Upper Norwood: April 17, 1880..
12mo pp. 3 (horizontal fold). postmarked envelope with stamp. WOOD, John George [1827-1889] [Popular British Writer and Lecturer on Natural History]. Autograph Letter, Signed, on letterhead, dated Upper Norwood, April 17, 1880, to Miss Julia Goddard, Little Aston. Wood discusses a projected series of four popular books, the first, on horses "for advanced scholars, teachers, examinations &c., but written so as to suit the general public. This would have the wonderful illustrations of the anatomy of the horse and its analogies with the locomotive." Schools and boards would be given a discounted price. Next would follow two or three "upon the various forms of animal life with which the children are likely to be brought into contact...The mole, earthworm & clothes moth will be honourably mentioned, especially the moth, whose invaluable services to mankind were first discussed by me." "One of the School Board examiner or inspectors will go over the syllabus of each book with me, so as to ensure its suitability for the required standard."
$125 USD Book Number: elala5061 Order / Enquire
WOOD, John George [1827-1889].
Autograph Letter, Signed.
Upper Birmingham: October 15, 1881..
12mo pp. 1. (horizontal fold). postmarked envelope with stamp. WOOD, John George [1827-1889] [Popular British Writer and Lecturer on Natural History]. Autograph Letter, Signed, dated Upper Birmingham, October 15, 1881, to Miss Julia Goddard, Little Aston, discussing his itinerary.
$75 USD Book Number: elala5062 Order / Enquire
YOUNG, George Paxton [1819-1889] [Professor (Knox College; 1864-71) & (University College Toronto; 1871-89), Minister & Inspector].
Autograph letter, signed.
Toronto: 1887..
8vo. 1 page. YOUNG, George Paxton [1819-1889] [Professor (Knox College; 1864-71) & (University College Toronto; 1871-89), Minister & Inspector]. Autograph letter, signed, Toronto, 8th Oct. 1887, to William Murray Esq., Athol Bank, Hamilton. 8vo. pp. 1, with integral blank. (horizontal & vertical fold). With envelope (stamp present). Young thanks Murray for his poetic flattery.
$60 USD Book Number: alysser206 Order / Enquire
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