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Auction No 390, Category: Documents & Manuscripts

4 Lots (displaying 1 - 4)

19th Century Letters, plus some early 20th Century, including A.L.S. from Robert Cadell (Edinburgh publisher), William Stebbing

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2020 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £28
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19th Century Letters, plus some early 20th Century, including A.L.S. from Robert Cadell (Edinburgh publisher), William Stebbing (Journalist), Walter Besant (novelist), Richard Haldane (politician), William Mather (Manchester manufacturer), and others including three 1919 A.L.S. from an Officer in the Queen Victoria’s Rifles. Good to VF (23). Also collector’s research notes.

Slavery in St. Vincent: 1st June 1834 letter written at Park Hill Estate sugar plantation, St. Vincent, including monthly statistics

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2020 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £240
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Slavery in St. Vincent: 1st June 1834 letter written at Park Hill Estate sugar plantation, St. Vincent, including monthly statistics detailing staff including 238 slaves, together with a full page report of recent activity on the estate. Sent to Edinburgh but no postal markings. Slavery was abolished in St. Vincent on 1st August that year and was replaced by an apprenticeship system. Fine. The letter is accompanied by the vendor’s research notes.

Vellum documents, mostly 19th Century, concerning land, property and families mostly in the Greater Manchester area,

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2020 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £62
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Vellum documents, mostly 19th Century, concerning land, property and families mostly in the Greater Manchester area, all with revenue stamps affixed, some with hand-drawn plans. Mainly VG/Fine (39)

Early 20th Century Foreign Government Bonds (8), all with coupons attached; plus Hudson Bay Rly Share certificate,

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2020 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
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Early 20th Century Foreign Government Bonds (8), all with coupons attached; plus Hudson Bay Rly Share certificate, and few related items. Fair to Fine