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Alice Longfellow [Alice Mary Longfellow (1850 - 1928), philanthropist, preservationist, eldest surviving daughter of the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow] [Alice M. Longfellow] Autograph Note Signed Alice M. Longfellow to Mr Conway[?] sending a note she thought the correspondent would like. See image One page, 12mo, good condition. Text: In looking over some papers yesterday I found the enclosed note which I take pleasure in sending to you, as I think you will value it. \| [...]		£38.00
James W. Lowther [ James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater (1855 – 1949), Conservative politician., sometime Speaker and Trustee British Museum.] [James W. Lowther; British Museum; South Kensington; Natural History Museum] Substantial Autograph Letter Signed James W. Lowther to [Gaster?], about the Directorship of S.K. [?South Kensington Museums?; British Museum]~[Printed] All Souls College, Oxfor AUTOGRASPH DIRECTOR BRITISH MUSEUM SOUTH KENSINGTON SCIENCE NATURAL HISTORY VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM		£0.00
Lewis S. Benjamin ("Lewis Melville") Autograph letter signed to a "Mr Speilmann" One page, 4to, arsing from his choice of items for his edition of Thackeray's works which Spielmann considers "indiscreet" because of their anti-Catholic posture, "but I believe not one in a hundred will read the minor items. The 'Jew' passages touch nearer home. But these are not in 'Punch' but...	Literature	£50.00
Lewis Watson (1655-1724), 1st Earl of Rockingham Printed Exchequer Receipt, with Manuscript Additions, and Autograph Signature, for 'the Sum of twelve pounds ten Shillings [...] 3 Months Annuity, due at Midsumer last past, of 50 Pounds per Annum'. One page, quarto. Aged, trimmed at head and with fraying at foot. 'Received by me the Right Honble. Lewis Lord Rockingham Assignee of Thomas Wentworth'. Witnessed by and with the signatures of George Cradock and Edward Vincent. Signed 'Rockingham'.		£105.00
Liberal League Publications [Westminster Gazette; Protectionism; Joseph Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer] Liberal League Publications, No. 124. Hints on Successful Farming for Mr. Chamberlain and other Protectionist Farmers. On both sides of a piece of wove paper, dimensions 21.5 x 14 cm. On browned high-acidity paper, lightly creased and with closed tears to the margins. Text clear and complete. Begins 'One of the best and most effective statements of the farmer's case against Protection was that made by Mr. Legh,...	History	£20.00
Chauncey Brewster Tinker (1876-1963), Professor of English Literature at Yale University, and authority on James Boswell Autograph Letter Signed ('C. B. Tinker'), Typed Letter Signed ('C. B. T.') and Autograph Note Signed ('Tinker') from the Boswell scholar Professor Chauncey Brewster Tinker of Yale University to the Johnson scholar Charles McCamic. Autograph Letter: 1p., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper. In envelope addressed by Tinker to McCamic at Wheeling, West Virginia. He thanks him for sending 'the book on Barber'. 'It enriches my working library, and I shall be frequently reminded of what I owe to your kindness and interest.' Typed...		£150.00
Lieutenant General Sir Charles Hastings 4 Autograph Letters Signed to his barrister, Richard Williams of Lincoln's Inn Field. English soldier, father of Frank Abney Hastings (1794-1828; DNB). The condition of these items is not good: the paper being discoloured, brittle and flaking. A series of intemperate communications. Letter 1 is one page, 8vo, of a bifoliate addressed and docketed on the reverse of the second...		£120.00
Lieutenant General Sir George Cathcart Autograph Letter in the third person to E[dward]. F[rederick]. Lecks, Secretary[, the Royal Asylum of St Ann's Society]. British military officer (1794-1854). One page, 12mo. In good condition, but with traces of brown-paper mount adhering to the blank reverse. Formal letter in the third person. 'Lt Genl Lord Cathcart is continually receiving so many applications of a similar nature, that he is although with...	Military and Naval History	£33.00
Lieutenant J. Longshaw, of His Majesty's Brig Tyrian [Ireland; Irish; textile; textiles; weaving] Autograph Letter Signed to unnamed male correspondent. 8vo: 1 p. Sixteen lines of text. The Tyrian arrived in Spithead the previous night 'with a Convoy', and the postal delay prevented him 'from fulfilling Mrs. P's Commission'. They 'remained three days in Ireland' and 'had a good passage there and Back': 'but as we may frequently have the trip, I...	Social history	£56.00
W. H. H. Southerland [William Henry Hudson Southerland (1852-1933)], Admiral in the United States Navy [Carlton Chapman; Spanish-American War; Cuban Blockade] Typed Letter Signed ('W. H. H. Southerland') to Carlton Chapman. 4to, 1 p. Fifteen lines of typewritten text and seven-line autograph postscript. Text clear and complete. Good on lightly aged and creased paper. Concerning Southerland's involvement in the Spanish-American War, in which he commanded the gunboat Eagle in the blockade of Cuban ports. He is glad...	History, Military and Naval History	£125.00