Bloomsbury Auctions

114. Bonomi (Joseph, architect, 1739-1808).- Rayment
(Benedict, Father, professor at Douay, later Benedictine monk
at Ampleforth, edited Haydock’s “The Divine Office for the
Use of the Laity,” 1806, 1764-1842) au t o g r a p h le t t e r S i g n e d
to JoSeph bo n o m i, 4pp. with address panel, sm. 4to, “Lartington
near Barnard Castle Yorkshire”, 23rd June 1802, thanking him for
forwarding a letter from Marchetti, “I have very frequently heard
of you Dr. Sir from our common friend, my near neighbour Mr.
Coghlan of Cliff, & I am happy to cultivate so valuable
an acquaintance. Mr. Maire my Patron wishes much to make
acquaintance with you, & should you ever be able to in your northern
excursion to take Lartington in your line, you would add a great
favour to us both, & gratify your exquisite taste for architecture
with a sight of y most beautiful, correct & chaste Gothic... Chapel
in England not excepting my friend’s at Winton”, and reporting on
Marchetti’s description of himself as “an emigrant French Priest
residing in London”, tears where opened, folds, slightly browned;
and 8 other pieces including 2 small watercolours, v.s., v.d. (9).
£200 - £250
*** Giulio Marchetti, one of Garibaldi’s redshirts, moved to
Halifax and became manager and then chairman of Crossley’s
carpet works.
115. Pitt (William, politician, prime minister, 1759-1806) le t t e r
S i g n e d to t h e re v. mi C h e l l, bu C K l a n d, bu n t i n g f o r d, he rt S., 2pp.,
sm. 4to, York Place, 10th May 1804, informing him that he has
been appointed to the government as, “First Commissioner of the
Treasury, my seat in Parliament will become vacant. It will afford
me the greatest satisfaction if the University of Cambridge should
be inclined on this occasion to honor me with a fresh mark of their
continued partiality and good opinion, by again electing me as their
Representative; and I beg leave to request your concurrence and
support, should any prospect arise of an opposition, I shall take
the liberty of troubling you with a further application”, typed slip:
“Presented to the University Pitt Club 1st June, 1947, by Clement
Cobbold Esq.”, tape in margins where removed from an album,
folds, browned. £100 - £150
*** Written on the day that Pitt re-entered office as first lord of the
treasury and chancellor of the exchequer.
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116. Slavery.- Jamaica, (Glasgow Estate, Westmoreland,
Jamaica) liSt o f ne g r o e S o n Ce S S n o C K eS t at e , 4pp., creased, 1st
June 1804; List of Slaves on Glasgow Estate, 11pp., 1st June 1807;
List of Slaves on Glasgow and Cessnock Plantations, 14pp., 1818;
Increase and Decrease of Glasgow Estate Negroes..., 9pp., 1st May
1822 - 1st May 1823; A List of Glasgow Estate Slaves, 8pp., 1st
May 1826, manuscripts, folds, browned, folio (5). £300 - £400
*** Slavery was finally abolished in all its forms in the British
Empire in 1833.
117. Grenada.- Maitland (Frederick, army officer, lieutenantgovernor
of Grenada, 1763-1848) Co p i e S o f C h a n C e ry d o C u m e n t S
r e l at i n g to t h e e S tat e o f th o m a S ly n d S e y a n d h i S d a u g h t e r Ce l i a
Cat h e r i n e ly n d S e y o f gr e n a d a a n d a d i S p u t e w i t h t h e ha n K e y
fa m i ly, D.s. “Frederick Maitland”, manuscript, 139pp., last f.
torn and defective with loss, some water-staining, folds, browned,
remains of wax seal, lge. 4to, April 1808. £300 - £400
118. Poetry.- [vo l u m e o f p o e t ry, m a i n ly b y Co w p e r a n d he n ry
Ki r K wh i t e], manuscript, c. 200pp., a few pp. loose or working
loose, browned, modern letter taped down on front free endpaper,
original paper patterned covered boards, rubbed and creased,
some large ink marks, sm. 4to, 1808 - 1821. £150 - £200
*** Poems include: “The Gardener and Rose Tree”... 1798; On
the receipt of my Mothers Picture out of Norfolk The Gift of my
cousin Anne Bodham”; “Sonnet to William Wilberforce Esqr.
[Cowper]”; “Esmille addressed to Lady Austen”; “Sabbath by
James Grahame”; “To the Herb Rosemary which buds in January
Henry Kirke White”; “Sonnet to my Mother H[enry] K[irk]
W[hite]”; “Solitude by H.K.W.”; “To the Memory of Henry Kirke
White”; “Sir Gilbert Elliot Father to the present Lord Minto was
the Author of the following beautiful Pastoral Song”; “B Mason
while Undergraduate of St Johns College Cambridge To Mr Powel
his tutor”; “Lines on the Scornful Application of the word Saint by
the Revd John Marriott Rector of the Church Lawford”; “On the
Death of Capt. John St. Clair By Mary Shackleton” etc.
119. Forbes (James Ochoncar, eighteenth Lord Forbes, army
officer, 1765-1843) au t o g r a p h le t t e r S i g n e d to J. ri d g e eSq., 4pp.,
sm. 4to, Cork, 30th October 1815, regarding an émigré volunteer,
“I am induced to mention to you the name & situation of an officer,
lately belonging to the Chasseurs Britanniques, in the hope that
as the above Corps was in your agency, you will be disposed to
contribute your aid and to put him in the way of obtaining the
object for which he has come to London, viz to be placed on the
Pension list, on consideration of the severe wounds he received
while serving in Portugal...”, folds, browned; and a small quantity
of others, mostly indentures on vellum etc., including a 1699 Will,
v.s., v.d. (14 pieces). £150 - £200
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