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Jacob Bell, pharmaceutical chemist and Member of Parliament

[Jacob Bell, pharmaceutical chemist and Member of Parliament] Autograph Note in the third person to unknown party.

One page, 11 x 12.5cms, probably trimmed from larger page, laid down on sl. larger paper backing, aged but text clear and message apprently complete, as follows: Mr Jacob Bell will have much pleasure in taking a part in the quiet quadrille on the 7th. [...]. Note: Founder of the Pharmaceutical...

 £25.00
Synd Munsoor Ullee [presumably Nawab Sayyid Mansur Ali Khan (1830 ? 1884), Nawab of Benga]

[Synd Munsoor Ullee; Nawab Sayyid Mansur Ali Khan; Bengal] Signed Document, Secretarial Hand but signed from Synd Munsoor Ullee followed by [Pp Mohammedi?] Begum to T.M. Kirkwood, District Judge of Moorshedabad.

One page. folio, fold marks, small closed tear, text complete and clear, as follows: From | His Highness | Synd Mansoor Ullee | Nawab Nazim of Bengal | To | T.M. Kirkwood Esquire | Offg: District Judge of Moorshedabad the 8th August 1884 | My Friend | I have the honor to ackowledge receipt of...

 £320.00
William Hepworth Thompson (1810 ? 1886) classical scholar and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

[W.H. Thompson, classical scholar; Trinity College] Autograph Note Signed W.H. Thompson to H.B. Wheatley, author, editor, and indexer, sending a payment (perhaps for a book).

One page, black-bordered, good condition, text as follows: I have the pleasure to enclose a P.O. order for two guineas [presumably for a book] & shall be obliged by your acknowledgment of the receipt.. Image on request.

 £25.00
William Ramsay, Scottish Chemist, discoverer of noble gases

[William Ramsay, Scottish Chemist; noble gases] Substantial Part of an important Autograph Letter, lacking at least the signature page, on experiments. To Major Cardew (See Note e.)

Note: Sir William Ramsay used electric discharge tubes to isolate argon, neon, krypton, and xenon, observing their distinct light spectra [AI] See Note d. below. Two pages, oblong 12mo, good condition. Dear Major Cardew, | I have just see Readman, about whom I spoke to you in connection wiith...

 £600.00