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Boulton (Matthew, manufacturer and entrepreneur, 1728-1809) Letter signed to William Pearce, Admiralty Office, 2pp., sm. 4to, Soho [Birmingham], 14th December 1806, asking him to replace a "beautiful poem" he had sent last summer and has now mislaid, and also thanking him for his gifts including a silver medal of the Queen of Naples, "a kind of honorary remembrancer of your Brother," and apologising for not having replied sooner, "but for the last fortnight I have been so extremely ill, & am still labouring under such acute pains that I can neither write myself nor hardly collect my thoughts...," and sending "two medals of Lord Nelson", folds, window mounted; and 19 other letters, including: Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham; Earl of Egremont; John Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury to Isaac Heard, Garter King of Arms, sm. 4to & 8vo (20).](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/79b783d0-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/734ab48b-6191-ee11-8178-002248070a4a.webp "166
Boulton (Matthew, manufacturer and entrepreneur, 1728-1809) Letter signed to William Pearce, Admiralty Office, 2pp., sm. 4to, Soho [Birmingham], 14th December 1806, asking him to replace a \"beautiful poem\" he had sent last summer and has now mislaid, and also thanking him for his gifts including a silver medal of the Queen of Naples, \"a kind of honorary remembrancer of your Brother,\" and apologising for not having replied sooner, \"but for the last fortnight I have been so extremely ill, & am still labouring under such acute pains that I can neither write myself nor hardly collect my thoughts...,\" and sending \"two medals of Lord Nelson\", folds, window mounted; and 19 other letters, including: Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham; Earl of Egremont; John Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury to Isaac Heard, Garter King of Arms, sm. 4to & 8vo (20).")
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Boulton (Matthew, manufacturer and entrepreneur, 1728-1809) Letter signed to William Pearce, Admiralty Office, 2pp., sm. 4to, Soho [Birmingham], 14th December 1806, asking him to replace a "beautiful poem" he had sent last summer and has now mislaid, and also thanking him for his gifts including a silver medal of the Queen of Naples, "a kind of honorary remembrancer of your Brother," and apologising for not having replied sooner, "but for the last fortnight I have been so extremely ill, & am still labouring under such acute pains that I can neither write myself nor hardly collect my thoughts...," and sending "two medals of Lord Nelson", folds, window mounted; and 19 other letters, including: Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham; Earl of Egremont; John Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury to Isaac Heard, Garter King of Arms, sm. 4to & 8vo (20).
Lot 166
Boulton (Matthew) Letter signed to William Pearce, Admiralty Office, 2pp., sm. 4to, Soho [Birmingham], 14th December 1806, thanking him for a silver medal of the Queen of Naples, and sending 2 medals of Lord Nelson, folds, window mounted; and 19 other letters, v.s., v.d. (2).
Hammer Price: £300
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Boulton (Matthew, manufacturer and entrepreneur, 1728-1809) Letter signed to William Pearce, Admiralty Office, 2pp., sm. 4to, Soho [Birmingham], 14th December 1806, asking him to replace a "beautiful poem" he had sent last summer and has now mislaid, and also thanking him for his gifts including a silver medal of the Queen of Naples, "a kind of honorary remembrancer of your Brother," and apologising for not having replied sooner, "but for the last fortnight I have been so extremely ill, & am still labouring under such acute pains that I can neither write myself nor hardly collect my thoughts...," and sending "two medals of Lord Nelson", folds, window mounted; and 19 other letters, including: Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham; Earl of Egremont; John Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury to Isaac Heard, Garter King of Arms, sm. 4to & 8vo (20).
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