scott john 1st earl eldon (4 Ergebnisse)

Lord Chancellor of England (1751-1838). Dimensions roughly four and a half inches square. Paper spotted and discoloured. Traces of previous blue-paper mount adhering to blank reverse. Unobtrusive archival-tape repair to closed tear. Reads 'May God support him in the Time of his great Calamity! | I shall be infinitely obliged by your allowing me to hope that thro' you I may occasionally hear of his Health | I remain, Dear Sir, | Yr obliged Servant | Eldon'.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Zustand: Good. - An autograph document penned in an unknown hand on 2-1/2 inch high by 7-1/2 inch wide parchment paper with clipped corners. A bankruptcy document dated "21st November 1801" reading "Let a Commission issue as prayed and be directed to Francis Maude Thomas Clifton Esquires Edward Brooke Thomas Edward Upton and Joseph Hood Gentlemen", signed "Eldon" by the British Barrister and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Once likely mounted in an album, there is some soiling with offsetting to the edges of the document from the glue with adhered to the verso. Good. The British barrister and politician John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751-1838) served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1801 and 1806.

8vo, 1 p. Eleven lines. Text clear and complete. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with a couple of spots from the leaf to which it was attached adhering to the blank reverse. Docketed at head in ink: 'Mem I know not to what application this refers.'; and at foot in pencil: 'Mem I was not the writer of the Letter referr'd to! | R T'. Eldon has received the recipient's letter, 'with a paper inserted from Mrs Campbell or Clark. This paper is addressed to me under a very common Misapprehension of the Chancellors powers & duties'. Eldon can only take notice of coummunications 'made, in the usual & regular forms, in open Court'. He is 'unable to take any Step whatever in Consequence of this Communication'.