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Letter from Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, later Prime Minister, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to Granville Leveson-Gower, later 2nd Earl of Granville, as Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 21 March 1840 and written from the Foreign Office, on a single sheet folded in half; biographical notes on sender and recipient in pencil on the verso of the second leaf; folder includes manuscript transcription of letter in pencil. Letter from Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, later Prime Minister, dated 30 October 1852 and written from Broadlands (Hampshire), on a single sheet folded in half; folder includes manuscript transcription of letter in pencil. Provision de Chancelier de la Reine pour le Sr. Marquis de Paulmy (Marc-René de Voyer, Marquis de Paulmy and 3rd Marquis d'Argenson) signed by King Louis XVI of France and Navarre, dated 12 May 1774, on a large sheet of parchment, with Louis, par la grace de Dieu, Roy de France et Navarre printed at the top and Par le Roy printed on the verso. [In Manuscripts Oversize File]. Letter from Samuel Pepys, Secretary of the Admiralty, to My Lord and Gentl[eme]n, dated 1 January 1673/4 and written from Whitehall, on a single sheet with a watermark of a post-horn within a decorative shield; inner margin silked, not affecting the text; folder includes a nineteenth-century engraving of Pepys, signed Sherborn f[eci]t[?], 1885, as well as a seller's description, headed Sending troops to Ireland. Letter from King William IV of the United Kingdom to General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill of Almaraz, dated 19 October 1834 and written from Windsor Castle, on a single leaf folded in half, with an unidentified watermark; The King, 19. Oct 1834, Col. Lindesay, 39 R[e]g[imen]t, and Letter to Lord W[illia]m Bentinck, 22 Oct 1834, Cl.[?] inscribed in pen on the verso of the second leaf. Letter from Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, to Charles Sumner, Bishop of Winchester, dated 18 March 1858 and written from 94 Piccadilly, London, on a single leaf folded in half; Lord Palmerston to the Bishop of Winchester, Dr Sumner inscribed in pen in a different hand at the head of recto of the first leaf. Letter from Lieutenant -Colonel Charles Gordon, later Major-General Gordon, to Sir Charles Wilson, dated 30 December 1869 and written from Graveshead, on a single sheet of light-blue paper (perhaps cut from a larger sheet), with the British Royal Crest in an oval embossed at the top; Col.[?] Gordon. C.G.[?]. Russian maps inscribed in pen in another hand at the head of the recto of the leaf; folder includes seller's description. Letter from John Bright to W.H. Burnett of Midhurst, dated 24 August 1875 and written from Rothdale, on a single sheet folded in half. Letter from Sir Charles Lyell, later 1st Baronet Lyell of Kinnordy, to W. Donne, dated 8 April 1856, on a single sheet of mourning paper. Letter written in pencil from General Horatio Gouverneur Wright to Colonel Edward H. Wright, dated 16 May 1864 at 9.30 pm, on a single sheet folded in half, with Headquarters Sixth Army Corps embossed in black at the top of the recto of the first leaf, and a crest topped with a crown embossed in the upper left-hand corner of the recto of the first leaf; Col Edward Wright, care Senator W[illia]m Wright, Washington D.C. inscribed on the verso of the second leaf; according to the seller's description pasted to the folder, the letter describes the Battle of Bloody Angle. Letter from Lieutenant-General Frederick Sleigh Roberts, later Field Marshal and 1st Earl Roberts, to Mrs Carter, dated 13 July 1885, on a single sheet folded in half, with Snowdon, Ootacamand embossed in black at the top of the recto of the first leaf. Draft of the memorial to John Brown by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, circa 1883, on a single sheet of mourning paper, with a line-drawing of a possible memorial stone (?) on the verso; in the Queen's hand, but not including her signature. Letter from Prince Albert Edward, the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, to Lieutenant-Colonel William Coutts Keppel, 7th Earl of Albermarle, Viscount Bury, and Member of Parliament for Wick Burghs (and father-in-law of the future royal mistress, Alice Keppel), dated 16 June 1864, on a single sheet of mourning paper folded in half, with Marlborough House and the prince's crest with the intertwined initials AE printed at the top of the recto of the first leaf; folder includes mourning envelope with the prince's crest printed on the back, and addressed (in a different hand?) to Lt. Colonel The Viscount Bury M.P., 48, Rutland Gate and with the initials(?) F.M(?) inscribed in the lower right-hand corner. Letter from Henry Edward Manning, future Archbishop of Westminster and Cardinal Priest, as Archdeacon of Chichester, to Horatio Nelson, 3rd Earl Nelson, dated 13 December 1850, and written from 44, Cadogan Place, on a single sheet folded in half, with a small oval embossed in the upper left-hand corner; Private is inscribed in pen above the salutation on the recto of the first leaf. Letter from Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, to James Milnes Gaskell, Member of Parliament for Wenlock, dated 3 September 1841, and written from Whitehall(?), on a single sheet folded in half, with the watermark J Whatman, 1841. Letter from Field Marshal FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, to Lord John Russell, later 1st Earl Russell, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 18 December 1854, Before Sevastopol, on a single sheet folded in half; Lord Raglan, Dec. 18 inscribed in pen on the verso of the second leaf (from when it was folded for transport); folder includes a seller's description. Letter from Lord Edward Smith-Stanley, later 14th Earl of Derby, as Chief Secretary for Ireland, to Francis William Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, dated 11 December 1832 and written from Towneley, on a single sheet folded in half, with the watermark J Davis 1831; folder also contains seller's description. Printed notice, signed by Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, dated 15 July 1819, on a single leaf, with the watermark J Dickinson Co. [...]; the notice announces an upcoming meeting of the Royal Society, in consequence of the death of Samuel Lysons, who was the Treasurer at the time. Notice of the promotion of Henry Littlehales Barker to be an officer in the Land Forces, dated 23 February 1885 and signed at the court at Saint James's Palace by Queen Victoria (Victoria R.I.) and Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Chief Secretary for Ireland and future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; on a single sheet of paper, this engraved notice was printed by Warrington and Company, London, and the appropriate blanks were filled in by hand; a diamond-shaped piece of light-blue paper is affixed to the notice, with the Queen Victoria's arms embossed on it, retaining remnants of red ink; a light-red-and-white stamp with foliage and flowers surmounted by the Royal crown is embossed below, with one pound ten shillings and E [fleur-de-lis] on it; small circular stamp in black ink below, with Chief Office, 18.5.85 and the Royal crown on it; 13 printed at the top of the sheet; Barker was to take up his new rank on 28 February 1885. Letter from Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and 1st Duke of Wellington, to Admiral Maurice Berkeley, later First Sea Lord of the British Navy and 1st Baron FitzHardinge, dated 25 April 1809 at 4 pm, and written from Lisbon, on a single leaf folded in half, with a watermark of a fleur-de-lis within a crest surmounted by a crown and with the date 1808 below; Private inscribed in ink on the recto of the first leaf and 25 April 1809 -- Private, Sir Arthur Wellesley inscribed in ink on the verso of the second leaf; folder includes a seller's description and a receipt from Folio Fine Art, Ltd, London, to Dr. G. Pinne, dated 25 September 1968. Declaration, signed by Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France, dated 6 April 1645, and signed at Wildentierbach, on a single sheet folded in half, with a watermark of a lion with its paw on an orb surmounted by a cross (?) and an F with three circles below (?); pertains to the protection of Ansbach and the commander, de Roger; also signed Par Monseigneur Libot and containing the remnants of a red wax seal with the arms of Turenne (?); Turenne is described as the General of the Army of the King in Germany at the head of the document; folder includes a receipt from The Folio Society Collector's Corner, London, to M[r] G. F. Pinne, Esq., dated 4 July 1964. Contemporary copy of a letter from Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland and Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, future Lord President of the Council, to My Lords Gentlemen, dated 2 February 1684/5, at 5 pm, and written from Whitehall, on a single leaf, with a watermark of a post-horn within a crest and the initials HG below; ed(?) inscribed in pen at the foot of the recto and L[o]rd Sunderlands [sic] lett[e]r inscribed in pen on the verso; the letter is described as a contemporary copy on the seller's label on the back of the protective paper folder; the letter was written by Sunderland to prevent concern over and rumors about the gravity of an apoplectic fit suffered by King Charles II on that day, though the King did indeed four days later at Whitehall. Letter from General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and later Prince of Mindelheim, to Sir Charles Hedges, Secretary of State to the Northern Department, dated 22 April 1704 and written from the Hague, on a single sheet of paper, with a watermark containing the initials HIB; Du[ke] or Marlbo[rough], Apr[il] 22. 1704, K.14 inscribed in pen on the verso of the second leaf; folder contains seller's desription. Letter from Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet, to Lady Charley, presumably the wife of Lord Charles Beresford, later 1st Baron Beresford, dated 23 January 1885, on a single leaf; this letter describes events associated with the Khartoum Relief Force; folder includes seller's description and a receipt from Documents and Autographs Limited, London, to Dr G.F. Pinne, dated 6 October (?), 1967. Letter from Jacques Offenbach to an unknown recipient (Mon cher ami), dated 4 March 1863, on a single leaf folded in half, on letterhead printed with Théatre des Bouffes-Parisiens -- Administration; folder includes seller's description, which says that in the letter Offenbach writes of the immense success of his operetta Les Bavards [...] then goes on to talk of the prospects for putting on another of his works, Les Pillules du Diable, and of the availiability of various performers, including Madame Ugalde. A group of letters relating to Lady Flora Hastings, lady-in-waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the mother of Queen Victoria, and the court scandal that surrounded her in 1839; the first letter is from Lady Flora Hastings to “Mr. Nile”(?), dated 1 January [1839] and written from Loudoun Castle, on a single sheet (no signature); the second letter is from Andrew Fraser, of Davies Square, Inverness, to Flora Mure-Campbell, Dowager Marchioness of Hastings and 6th Countess of Loudon at Loudoun Castle, dated 19 May 1839 and written from Inverness, on a single sheet folded in half; the recto and verso of the second leaf contain a “Copy of Verses to Lady Flora Hastings”; the address of the Dowager Marchioness, “H 4”(?), and “rec[eive]d, June 1, 1839” inscribed in pen on the verso of the first leaf; “1/2” and “Inverness, May 29, 1839” (in a rectangle) stamped in black and “May 30, 1839, WN[?]” (in a circle) stamped in red on the verso of the first leaf; seal on black wax of a lyre and foliage above an open book on the verso of the first leaf; the third letter is from Hamilton Fitzgerald to Andrew Doyle, Editor of the Morning Herald, dated October 1839 and written from Donington Park, Cavendish Bridge, on a single sheet of paper folded in half, with a partially-visible watermark of a post-horn within a shield topped with a crown; “Mr Fitzgerald, 1839” inscribed in pen on the verso of the second leaf; folder includes two typewritten transcriptions of the letter; the fourth letter is from “M.[?] Normanby” (Lady Maria, wife of Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby?) to “My dearest Libbet[?]”, with no date (most likely 1839), on a single sheet folded in half and the torn-off half of another sheet, with the watermark “JWhatman, 1837”; the letter makes reference to the scandal surrounding “poor Lady Flora”; the letter is enclosed in a paper folder with “A letter of Aunt Normanby about the Lady Flora Hastings scandal at court” inscribed in pen and “[…] 1838 – or 1839” inscribed in pencil on the front and “Lady Normanby about[?] Lady F. Hastings” inscribed in pencil on the back; the folder also includes two typewritten transcriptions of the letter; the last item is a scrap of paper, mounted on another piece of paper, perhaps cut out of a letter, with “The Lady Flora Elizabeth Hastings” (her signature?) and another inscription in pen on the recto, and “Bishopthorpe” (in North Yorkshire) inscribed in ink and another inscription in pencil on the verso. A collection of signatures excised from letters and other documents, from notable personages of the 19th century, mounted on thick paper; the signatures are arranged thus: [first column]. Edward Everett, educator, politician, and 20th Secretary of State. Daniel Webster, politician and 14th and 19th Secretary of State. [?]. John Forsyth, politician and 13th Secretary of State. John Caldwell Calhoun, politician, 10th Secretary of War, 16th Secretary of State, and 7th Vice President. John Young Mason, politician, diplomat, judge, Attorney General, and Secretary of the Navy. handwritten note with “admit the Bearer to the House of Commons Gallery – 19 April 1852.” Ashbury Dickins, Secretary of the Senate. [?]. [second column]. James Buchanan, politician, 17th Secretary of State, and 15th President of the United States. [?]. Abbott Lawrence, businessman, politician, and founder of Lawrence, Massachusetts. John Lothrop Motley, diplomat and historian. Louis M’Lane [McLane], lawyer, politician, ambassador, 10th Secretary of the Treasury, and 12th Secretary of State. [M…?] A. Graham. John Middleton Clayton, politician and 18th Secretary of State. [third column]. Giuseppe Garibaldi, military and political figure, and Italian national hero. Thomas Corwin, politician and 20th Secretary of the Treasury. John Middleton Clayton, politician and 18th Secretary of State. William Learned Marcy, politician, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State. Horatio McCullough, Scottish artist. George Bancroft, historian and 17th Secretary of the Navy; from a letter on mourning paper dated 22 June 1847 and written from 90 Eaton Square, London. Ulysses S. Grant, general and 18th President of the United States. [along edge]. William Henry Seward, Sr., politician and 24th Secretary of State, with Abraham Lincoln, lawyer, politician, and 16th President of the United States.