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DACRE‚ Arthur. 7130
Autograph Letter Signed ‘Arthur Dacre’‚ to Mrs.Berlyn‚ describing recent financial losses in the theatre‚ stating that “it seems we cant get a living here”. 4 pp. 7 x 4½ inches‚ in good condition. The Tower House‚ Tite Street [London]‚ 29 May 1890. “...we are going (much against the grain) to offer our services in drawing rooms. I then do a short waterling-places tour before leaving England - I hope for good.” Arthur James‚ known as Arthur Dacre (1840-1895)‚ actor‚ formerly a physician. Amy and Arthur James‚ better known as Amy Roselle and Arthur Dacre‚ arrived in Australia in 1895. They had been suffering bad luck in England and thought that they could recoup their losses in the colony. But on 17 November 1895 they ended their lives in a real-life drama - the tragedy of a murder-suicide at their lodgings at 129 Macquarie Street‚ Sydney.
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Autograph Letter Signed ‘Arthur Dacre’‚ to Mrs.Berlyn‚ describing recent financial losses in the theatre‚ stating that “it seems we cant get a living here”. 4 pp. 7 x 4½ inches‚ in good condition. The Tower House‚ Tite Street [London]‚ 29 May 1890. “...we are going (much against the grain) to offer our services in drawing rooms. I then do a short waterling-places tour before leaving England - I hope for good.” Arthur James‚ known as Arthur Dacre (1840-1895)‚ actor‚ formerly a physician. Amy and Arthur James‚ better known as Amy Roselle and Arthur Dacre‚ arrived in Australia in 1895. They had been suffering bad luck in England and thought that they could recoup their losses in the colony. But on 17 November 1895 they ended their lives in a real-life drama - the tragedy of a murder-suicide at their lodgings at 129 Macquarie Street‚ Sydney. Price : £100.00
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EARDLEY-WILMOT‚ Chester. 10381
Autograph Letter Signed ‘Chester Eardley-Wilmot’ to James Gibson (Crown Agent for the Van Diemen’s Land Company at Circular Head)‚ asking him to join Sir William and Lady Denison for dinner. 1 page 7 x 4¼ inches‚ partially toned‚ integral blank leaf. Government House [Hobart]‚ 8 July 1852. Robert Charles Chester Eardley-Wilmot‚ one of the three sons of the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land‚ Sir John Eardley-Wilmot‚ became Assistant Colonial Secretary and Registrar.
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Autograph Letter Signed ‘Chester Eardley-Wilmot’ to James Gibson (Crown Agent for the Van Diemen’s Land Company at Circular Head)‚ asking him to join Sir William and Lady Denison for dinner. 1 page 7 x 4¼ inches‚ partially toned‚ integral blank leaf. Government House [Hobart]‚ 8 July 1852. Robert Charles Chester Eardley-Wilmot‚ one of the three sons of the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land‚ Sir John Eardley-Wilmot‚ became Assistant Colonial Secretary and Registrar. Price : £45.00
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ELLISON-MACARTNEY‚ William. 13808
Autograph Letter Signed‚ as Deputy Master of the Royal Mint‚ to Mr. Hollams‚ sending an order for three people to visit the Mint. 2 pp. 7 x 4½ inches‚ in good condition. 18 December 1907. Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney‚ (1852 – 1924) served as the Governor of Tasmania and Western Australia.
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Autograph Letter Signed‚ as Deputy Master of the Royal Mint‚ to Mr. Hollams‚ sending an order for three people to visit the Mint. 2 pp. 7 x 4½ inches‚ in good condition. 18 December 1907. Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney‚ (1852 – 1924) served as the Governor of Tasmania and Western Australia. Price : £35.00
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GALWAY‚ 8th Viscount‚ Governor-General of New Zealand. 14278
Official Christmas Card‚ signed ‘Galway’‚ showing the mountain ranges on South Island. 7 x 9 inches‚ blue silk tie. In good condition. Government House‚ Wellington‚ New Zealand‚ 1937. George Vere Arundell Monckton-Arundell‚ 8th Viscount Galway (1882-1943)‚ Governor-General of New Zealand‚ 1935-41.
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Official Christmas Card‚ signed ‘Galway’‚ showing the mountain ranges on South Island. 7 x 9 inches‚ blue silk tie. In good condition. Government House‚ Wellington‚ New Zealand‚ 1937. George Vere Arundell Monckton-Arundell‚ 8th Viscount Galway (1882-1943)‚ Governor-General of New Zealand‚ 1935-41. Price : £60.00
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HAMPDEN‚ Henry Robert Brand‚ 2nd Viscount. 14275
Autograph Letter Signed ‘Hampden’‚ to Mr. McMillan‚ thanking him for the cutting‚ “but I hate snakes and other horrors”. 1 page 8 x 5 inches. On the verso is a part letter forwarding this to an autograph collector in 1897. Government House‚ Sydney‚ 21 April 1896. Henry Robert Brand‚ 2nd Viscount Hampden (1841 – 1906)‚ Governor of New South Wales from 1895 to 1899. Hampden Bridge in Kangaroo Valley‚ NSW is named after him. “... I hate snakes and other horrors. I really would rather walk 10 miles the other way from Mr. McGarvin Smith’s milking factory.”
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Autograph Letter Signed ‘Hampden’‚ to Mr. McMillan‚ thanking him for the cutting‚ “but I hate snakes and other horrors”. 1 page 8 x 5 inches. On the verso is a part letter forwarding this to an autograph collector in 1897. Government House‚ Sydney‚ 21 April 1896. Henry Robert Brand‚ 2nd Viscount Hampden (1841 – 1906)‚ Governor of New South Wales from 1895 to 1899. Hampden Bridge in Kangaroo Valley‚ NSW is named after him. “... I hate snakes and other horrors. I really would rather walk 10 miles the other way from Mr. McGarvin Smith’s milking factory.” Price : £100.00
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Hawaii. EMMA‚ Queen of the Sandwich Isles. 12922
Her signature ‘Emma R’‚ cut from a document. 3 x 5 inches‚ tipped on to part of an old album page. In fine condition. Undated. Emma (born Emma Rooke)‚ Queen of the Sandwich Islands (1836-1885) reigned from 1855 as queen to Kamehameha IV. She travelled several times to England‚ where she became a favourite of Queen Victoria.
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Her signature ‘Emma R’‚ cut from a document. 3 x 5 inches‚ tipped on to part of an old album page. In fine condition. Undated. Emma (born Emma Rooke)‚ Queen of the Sandwich Islands (1836-1885) reigned from 1855 as queen to Kamehameha IV. She travelled several times to England‚ where she became a favourite of Queen Victoria. Price : £200.00
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Hawaii. KING KAMEHAMEHA IV and QUEEN EMMA. 13770
Original presentation signatures of King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma. On a single decorated printed sheet‚ with the Royal Arms at head. 8 x 7½ inches‚ in good clean condition‚ light stain to corners where mounted‚ folds. Annotated: Honolulu‚ Sandwich Islands‚ 5 June 1863. Kamehameha IV‚ born Alexander ?Iolani Liholiho Keawenui (1834–1863)‚ reigned as the fourth king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from January 11‚ 1855 to November 30‚ 1863. Queen Emma (1836 – 1885) was queen consort of King Kamehameha IV from 1856 to his death in 1863. These signatures were recently discovered in a Victorian album of letters and signatures preserved by Colonel Sir William Owen Lanyon (1842-1887)‚ colonial administrator‚ who served in the West Indies and Africa.
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Original presentation signatures of King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma. On a single decorated printed sheet‚ with the Royal Arms at head. 8 x 7½ inches‚ in good clean condition‚ light stain to corners where mounted‚ folds. Annotated: Honolulu‚ Sandwich Islands‚ 5 June 1863. Kamehameha IV‚ born Alexander ?Iolani Liholiho Keawenui (1834–1863)‚ reigned as the fourth king of the Kingdom of Hawaii from January 11‚ 1855 to November 30‚ 1863. Queen Emma (1836 – 1885) was queen consort of King Kamehameha IV from 1856 to his death in 1863. These signatures were recently discovered in a Victorian album of letters and signatures preserved by Colonel Sir William Owen Lanyon (1842-1887)‚ colonial administrator‚ who served in the West Indies and Africa. Price : £950.00
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Hawaii. STALEY‚ Thomas Nettleship‚ Bishop of Honolulu. 12921
Autograph Letter Signed ‘T.M.Honolulu’‚ to the Revd. W.B.Pusey‚ about the train times for the visit by Staley and his wife to Pusey at Maidstone. 2 pp. 7 x 4½ inches‚ small thin at centre fold‚ otherwise good. 71 Cambridge St.‚ 30 May‚ no year given‚ probably 1862‚ watermark 1860. Thomas Nettleship Staley (1823–1898)‚ first Anglican bishop of Honolulu. He was appointed by John Bird Sumner‚ the Archbishop of Canterbury‚ and consecrated on 15 December 1861‚ at the suggestion of Samuel Wilberforce and Queen Victoria‚ as the church's first bishop of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He and his wife departed on 17 August 1862 and arrived in Honolulu in October 1862‚ a few weeks after the death of Albert‚ Prince of Hawaii‚ the only son of King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma Kaleleonalani Na?ea.
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Autograph Letter Signed ‘T.M.Honolulu’‚ to the Revd. W.B.Pusey‚ about the train times for the visit by Staley and his wife to Pusey at Maidstone. 2 pp. 7 x 4½ inches‚ small thin at centre fold‚ otherwise good. 71 Cambridge St.‚ 30 May‚ no year given‚ probably 1862‚ watermark 1860. Thomas Nettleship Staley (1823–1898)‚ first Anglican bishop of Honolulu. He was appointed by John Bird Sumner‚ the Archbishop of Canterbury‚ and consecrated on 15 December 1861‚ at the suggestion of Samuel Wilberforce and Queen Victoria‚ as the church's first bishop of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He and his wife departed on 17 August 1862 and arrived in Honolulu in October 1862‚ a few weeks after the death of Albert‚ Prince of Hawaii‚ the only son of King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma Kaleleonalani Na?ea. Price : £75.00
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McARTHUR‚ Alexander. 14276
Autograph Letter Signed‚ to Elliott Stock‚ about the payment of a subscription. A good one page example‚ 7 x 4½ inches. Brixton‚ 13 June 1872. Alexander McArthur (1814 -1909)‚ Australian and British merchant and politician‚ arrived in Sydney in 1842. In 1851 he was very successful as a shipping agent for the export of gold. His firm built a large warehouse in Sydney and opened branches in Adelaide‚ Melbourne‚ Brisbane and Auckland.
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Autograph Letter Signed‚ to Elliott Stock‚ about the payment of a subscription. A good one page example‚ 7 x 4½ inches. Brixton‚ 13 June 1872. Alexander McArthur (1814 -1909)‚ Australian and British merchant and politician‚ arrived in Sydney in 1842. In 1851 he was very successful as a shipping agent for the export of gold. His firm built a large warehouse in Sydney and opened branches in Adelaide‚ Melbourne‚ Brisbane and Auckland. Price : £65.00
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Norfolk Island‚ South Pacific. NOBBS‚ George Hunn‚ pastor. 13772
Autograph Letter Signed ‘George H.Nobbs’‚ to the Right Reverend Christopher Wordsworth‚ Bishop of Lincoln‚ asking for an annotated copy of the Scriptures “for the use of the congregation‚ and as an Heir-loom for the descendants of the Community”‚ explaining that they are converting a former convict store into a Church‚ and describing the origin of the community on Pitcairn Island. 2 pp. 10 x 8 inches‚ legible‚ but with some severe water damage probably incurred in the mails‚ one edge ragged‚ other minor defects. Norfolk Island‚ South Pacific Ocean‚ 30 December 1874. A great letter and an important Norfolk Island relic‚ despite the extensive water staining. “The people I represent are the descendants of the Mutineers of H.M.S. Bounty - and formerly dwelling on Pitcairn Island‚ but now‚ by favour of our Gracious Queen‚ and philanthropy of influential Friends in England‚ in possession of the large portion of Norfolk Island.” George Hunn Nobbs (1799-1884) arrived on Pitcairn Island in 1828 and became the schoolmaster and an unordained pastor to a community descended from HMS Bounty mutineers and Tahitian islanders. On 18 October 1829 Nobbs married Sarah Christian‚ the granddaughter of Fletcher Christian. In 1852 he was ordained in London and commissioned as Chaplain of Pitcairn Island. In 1856 the community moved to Norfolk Island‚ a Crown Colony previously occupied by convict prisoners. In this letter Nobbs refers to the Melanesian Mission‚ with whom the island was shared in an uneasy partnership. He describes the destruction of the old church in a cyclone‚ but “we are now recovering from this elemental war‚ & hope to have our new Church ready for public Worship by Easter next. The consecration must‚ of course‚ be deferred until a Successor to our honoured and beloved Friend Bishop Patteson is appointed ...”
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Autograph Letter Signed ‘George H.Nobbs’‚ to the Right Reverend Christopher Wordsworth‚ Bishop of Lincoln‚ asking for an annotated copy of the Scriptures “for the use of the congregation‚ and as an Heir-loom for the descendants of the Community”‚ explaining that they are converting a former convict store into a Church‚ and describing the origin of the community on Pitcairn Island. 2 pp. 10 x 8 inches‚ legible‚ but with some severe water damage probably incurred in the mails‚ one edge ragged‚ other minor defects. Norfolk Island‚ South Pacific Ocean‚ 30 December 1874. A great letter and an important Norfolk Island relic‚ despite the extensive water staining. “The people I represent are the descendants of the Mutineers of H.M.S. Bounty - and formerly dwelling on Pitcairn Island‚ but now‚ by favour of our Gracious Queen‚ and philanthropy of influential Friends in England‚ in possession of the large portion of Norfolk Island.” George Hunn Nobbs (1799-1884) arrived on Pitcairn Island in 1828 and became the schoolmaster and an unordained pastor to a community descended from HMS Bounty mutineers and Tahitian islanders. On 18 October 1829 Nobbs married Sarah Christian‚ the granddaughter of Fletcher Christian. In 1852 he was ordained in London and commissioned as Chaplain of Pitcairn Island. In 1856 the community moved to Norfolk Island‚ a Crown Colony previously occupied by convict prisoners. In this letter Nobbs refers to the Melanesian Mission‚ with whom the island was shared in an uneasy partnership. He describes the destruction of the old church in a cyclone‚ but “we are now recovering from this elemental war‚ & hope to have our new Church ready for public Worship by Easter next. The consecration must‚ of course‚ be deferred until a Successor to our honoured and beloved Friend Bishop Patteson is appointed ...” Price : £350.00
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SELWYN‚ George Augustus. 11508
Autograph Letter Signed ‘G.A. NZealand’‚ to Mr. Achill‚ acknowledging his letter and hoping to have a meeting to discuss his correspondent’s son. A good one page example‚ 7 x 4½ inches. Richmond‚ Surrey‚ 24 May 1854. George Augustus Selwyn (1809-1878) was consecrated Bishop on 17 October 1841‚ and sailed for New Zealand on 26 December. He was a significant figure in the development of the colonial churches‚ and his travels to the Pacific Islands led to the formation of the separate diocese of Melanesia. Selwyn College Cambridge was built in his memory.
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Autograph Letter Signed ‘G.A. NZealand’‚ to Mr. Achill‚ acknowledging his letter and hoping to have a meeting to discuss his correspondent’s son. A good one page example‚ 7 x 4½ inches. Richmond‚ Surrey‚ 24 May 1854. George Augustus Selwyn (1809-1878) was consecrated Bishop on 17 October 1841‚ and sailed for New Zealand on 26 December. He was a significant figure in the development of the colonial churches‚ and his travels to the Pacific Islands led to the formation of the separate diocese of Melanesia. Selwyn College Cambridge was built in his memory. Price : £65.00
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TORRENS‚ Colonel Robert. 13978
An important Autograph Letter Signed‚ to Edward Jerningham Wakefield‚ asking for the name of the agent who can act for Torrens in New Zealand‚ discussing Wakefield’s establishment of “a flourishing settlement” there‚ suggesting that Wellington becomes the capital of New Zealand‚ and offering to sell Huttville for £2500. 3 pp. 7 x 4½ inches‚ in fine condition‚ remains of guard where formerly mounted. Reform Club‚ 7 August 1845. The scarce autograph of Robert Torrens (1780-1864)‚ political economist‚ author of The Colonisation of South Australia and other works. Lake Torrens and the River Torrens in South Australia were named after him. Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820–1879) accompanied his uncle‚ Colonel William Wakefield to New Zealand in 1839 on the New Zealand Company ship Tory. This expedition was an advance party seeking a suitable site to found a colony in the Cook Strait area. It was four years before he returned to England in 1844. He quickly assembled his journals and they were published as "Adventures in New Zealand" in April 1845. The favourable picture he presented of the colony founded by the New Zealand Company helped the Company to avoid censure in the House of Commons. After discussing his own property in New Zealand‚ Torrens advises: “If you can succeed in establishing a flourishing settlement‚ as I have no doubt you can‚ upon the middle Island‚ it will be impossible to keep the seat of Government at the northern extremity of the northern Island‚ and Wellington must become the capital of New Zealand‚ and my section on the Hutt the seat of a not inconsiderable secondary town.” In 1865‚ Wellington became the capital city of New Zealand‚ replacing Auckland‚ where William Hobson had placed the capital in 1841.
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An important Autograph Letter Signed‚ to Edward Jerningham Wakefield‚ asking for the name of the agent who can act for Torrens in New Zealand‚ discussing Wakefield’s establishment of “a flourishing settlement” there‚ suggesting that Wellington becomes the capital of New Zealand‚ and offering to sell Huttville for £2500. 3 pp. 7 x 4½ inches‚ in fine condition‚ remains of guard where formerly mounted. Reform Club‚ 7 August 1845. The scarce autograph of Robert Torrens (1780-1864)‚ political economist‚ author of The Colonisation of South Australia and other works. Lake Torrens and the River Torrens in South Australia were named after him. Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820–1879) accompanied his uncle‚ Colonel William Wakefield to New Zealand in 1839 on the New Zealand Company ship Tory. This expedition was an advance party seeking a suitable site to found a colony in the Cook Strait area. It was four years before he returned to England in 1844. He quickly assembled his journals and they were published as "Adventures in New Zealand" in April 1845. The favourable picture he presented of the colony founded by the New Zealand Company helped the Company to avoid censure in the House of Commons. After discussing his own property in New Zealand‚ Torrens advises: “If you can succeed in establishing a flourishing settlement‚ as I have no doubt you can‚ upon the middle Island‚ it will be impossible to keep the seat of Government at the northern extremity of the northern Island‚ and Wellington must become the capital of New Zealand‚ and my section on the Hutt the seat of a not inconsiderable secondary town.” In 1865‚ Wellington became the capital city of New Zealand‚ replacing Auckland‚ where William Hobson had placed the capital in 1841. Price : £950.00
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