Catalogue of extremely interesting autograph letters and important historical documents : amongst which will be found, Stuart papers, and documents connected with the history of Scotland, the declaration of James III, addressed to the people of England, A.D. 1743 ... one hundred and forty-two letters (many unpublished) of Dr. Philip Doddridge ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson ... at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Friday, February 28th, 1851, at one o'clock most punctually.

  • Puttick and Simpson.
Date:
1851
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Credit: Catalogue of extremely interesting autograph letters and important historical documents : amongst which will be found, Stuart papers, and documents connected with the history of Scotland, the declaration of James III, addressed to the people of England, A.D. 1743 ... one hundred and forty-two letters (many unpublished) of Dr. Philip Doddridge ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson ... at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Friday, February 28th, 1851, at one o'clock most punctually. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    19 Campbell (Thomas) poet b. 1777 A.L.s 2 pages 4to. to J. Cochrane, May 27, 1821 “ May I pray you to get announced as early as possible in the newspapers a fact which has gratified my vanity not a little. I have been for a year past, unknown to myself, a member of the Royal Society of Warsaw.” He sends a sketch for the paragraph. 20 Campbell (Thomas). A.L.s. 2 pages 4to. to G. Dyer, June 10, 1825 A friendly letter, speaking of his arduous labours in connection with the New Monthly, the New University project, etc. 21 Charles I. King of England b. 1600, d. 1649 Doc. s. 1 page folio, Westm. May 24, 1828. On paper, a beautiful specimen 22 Christian V. King of Denmark b. 1646, d. 1699 L. subs, and s. 3 pages folio, to Will. III. of England, Ilafnice, Feb. 23, 1692 ; with seal. A fine specimen Credentials of Mr. Scheel. 23 Ciofano (Ilercole) latin poet, commentator on Ovid. A.L.s. 1 page folio to P. Vettori, Sulmona, Janv. 19, 1585, with seal. Rare 24 Clarke (Edward Daniel) traveller, mineralogist b. 1769, d. 1822 A.L.s. 3 pages 4to. to T. J. Matthias, Cambridge, March 2, 1809. Scarce; a fine specimen 25 Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) poet, philosopher b. 1770, d. 1834 A.L.s. 3 pages folio, to Geo. Dyer [Feb. 17, 1795]. An interesting specimen He is in great trouble as to his proposed journey to Scotland. He has payed his addresses to a young lady, who had, in his favour, rejected the advances of two other suitors, one a man of large fortune; and by her persevering attachment, had disobliged her relations to a great degree. “ To leave her for two or three years would, I fear, be sacri- ficing her health and happiness.” He has been lecturing at Bristol on politics, where “mobs and mayors, blockheads and brickbats, placards and pressgangs,” are leagued against him. He is about to write to Scott, at the Telegraph Office, to know if he can get a Reporter’s place. He says of Southey “he is a man of perpendicular virtue, a downright republican,” etc. A capital letter. 26 Compton (Henry) Bishop of London b. 1632, d. 1713 A.L.s. 1 page 4to. July 26, 1690. Scarce 27 Copley (G.). A.L.s. 2 pages 4to. to Ralph Thoresby, March 30, 1703, on some antiquities. Scarce 28 Coram (Captain Thomas), founder of the Foundling Hospital b. 1668, d. 1751 A.L.s. 1 page 4to. Jan. 16, 173f. Fine and scarce Respecting a grant of land to a young couple intending to settle in Georgia.