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Select autograph letters from different parts of the Montagu collection

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MS. Montagu d. 17

Summary

Select autograph letters from different parts of the Montagu collection, chiefly of Englishmen of the 17th, 18th, and first half of the 19th centuries: the chief writers are as follows:

Addison, Joseph, Nov. 9, 1708 (fol. 4).

Bankes, sir Joseph, Jan. 10, 1786 (fol. 6).

Bowles, rev. William Lisle, June 22, 1825 (fol. 10).

Brougham and Vaux, lord, i.e. Henry Brougham (d. 1868), undated (fol. 11).

Bruce, James, the traveller, Sept. 3, 1789 (fol. 13).

Bunsen, Christian C. J., baron, Oct. 16, 1845 (fol. 19).

Byron, lord, i.e. George Gordon Byron (d. 1824), two, 1808-13, with a draft of part of the ode 'We do not curse thee, Waterloo' (fol. 27).

Campbell, Thomas, undated (fol. 34).

Canning, rt. hon. George, May 27, 1808 (fol. 35).

Chesterfield, lord, i.e. Philip Dormer Stanhope (d. 1773), three, July 16, 1743.&C. (fol. 36).

Cobbett, William, six, 1799-1832 (fol. 44).

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, undated (fol. 62).

Colman, George, the younger, two, 1789-1814 (fol. 63).

Cowper, William, two, 1785 (?)-92 (fol. 67).

Cunningham, Allan, June 13, 1833, with a poem 'The Grasshopper' (fol. 73).

Dalling, lord, i.e. sir William H. L. E. Bulwer (d. 1872), signature and note, March 13, 1834 (fol. 17).

Defoe, Daniel, Sept. 10, 1729 (fol. 76).

Dickens, Charles, undated (fol. 78).

Elmsley, Peter, June 19, 1816 (fol. 81).

Fox, rt. hon. Charles James, 1786 or 1787 (fol. 89).

Garrick, David, three, undated (fol. 101).

Gough, Richard, March 4, 1779 (fol. 107).

Gray, Thomas, three, Nov. 2, 1765, etc. (fol. 93).

Grenville, Thomas, two, 1828 (fol. 114).

Grose, Francis, Feb. 10, 1779 (fol. 113).

Hawkins, adm. sir John, two signatures, 1594 (fol. 121).

Home, John, dramatist, two, Dec. 27, 1776, etc. (fol. 128).

Hood, Thomas, 1829 (fol. 131).

Hook, Theodore Edward, undated (fol. 134).

Howley, archbp. William, Jan. 29, 1845 (fol. 135).

Hume, David, July 16, 1749 (fol. 137).

Hunt, Leigh, Dec. 19, 1814 (fol. 143).

Johnson, dr. Samuel, diary for Good Friday, March 28, 1766, and the two following days, and May 4 (fol. 149: lot 586 in the Valentine sale, 1842, from J. Boswell's library).

Lamb, Charles, two, 1822-32, with his Ode to the Tread Mill (fol. 174).

Le Neve, John, Sept. 5, 1713 (fol. 178).

Lofft, Capel, Jan. 27, 1810 (fol. 180).

Lowth, bp. Robert, July 23, 1766 (fol. 184).

Lytton, lord, i.e. Edward G. E. L. Bulwer-Lytton (d. 1873), Feb. 6, 1838 (fol. 15).