WOOLLETT

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[William Woollett, engraver.] Autograph bill, headed 'J. R. Kirby Esqr: | to Wm Woollett Dr'.

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William Woollett (1735-1785), Engraver to His Majester [J. R. Kirby]
Publication details: 
[London?] Dated 26 April 1782.
£56.00

On leaf of laid paper trimmed to 21.5 x 17.5 cm. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with a couple of words at the right slightly trimmed away. On reverse, in Woollett's hand: 'J. R. Kirby Esqr:' At foot in pencil: 'Bill in the Autograph of Woollett the engraver'. Reads, in Woollett's hand: 'J. R. Kirby Esqr: | to Wm Woollett Dr | 1782 | April 26 - To remainder of the subscription for the Battles at La Hogue & Boyne £1 .. s1 d- | framing & Glazing Do [£]2 .. [d]2 - | packing Case [s]2 .. [d]6'.

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Manuscript Copy by Prenderville of letter by Ross to William James Hall of Kingston, Jamaica, giving account of his conveyance of Napoleon to St Helena on HMS Northumberland, with covering Autograph Letter Signed by Woollett ('J. Sidney Woollett').

Author: 
Captain Charles B. H. Ross of HMS Northumberland; Joseph Sidney Woollett (d.1877), Roman Catholic Bishop of Jamaica [Napoleon Bonaparte; Major J. H. Prenderville of the St Helena Artillery]
Publication details: 
Prenderville's copy and Woollett's letter both 17 June 1877.
£85.00

Both items (previously pinned together) in good condition, with text clear and entire, on aged paper. Woollett's letter (one page, 12mo, 'Reading, Bay') places at Prenderville's disposal the letter 'which you have seen in the Library here from Captn. Ross of the Northumberland when conveying Napoleon to St. Helena [...] I have no objection to your sending the copy to any periodical for publication'. Prenderville has copied the letter onto five pages (each c. 32 x 20.5 cms) of around thirty lines each, spread over the rectos of three bifoliums.

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