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Edité par London June seven , 1820
Vendeur : Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Royaume-Uni
Manuscrit / Papier ancien
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The front panel of an envelope, 12 x 7 cm. In good condition, lightly aged, neatly backed by part of leaf from autograph album. Red frank stamp (with slight cropping to crown: FREE / 7 JU 7 / 1820 . Headed Private and otherwise set out in the conventional fashion. Reads: London June seven 1820 / The Rev. The Vice Chancellor / &c &c &c / Oxford , with underlined signature at bottom left: Robert Peel . See image.
Edité par Whitehall London. 22 June, 1844
Vendeur : Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Royaume-Uni
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On one side of a 7.5 x 11 cm piece of paper, cut from the top of a letter. In good condition, lightly aged, and laid down on part of a leaf removed from an album. Reads 'Whitehall | June 22. 1844 | Sir Robert Peel requests Mess. Hanbury Taylor & Co [.]'. Written during his second ministry, 1841-1846, and after the Tamworth Manifesto of 1834, which brought into being the modern Conservative Party.
Edité par Lincolns Inn London 25 March, 1824
Vendeur : Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Royaume-Uni
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4pp., 4to. Bifolium. In fair condition, aged and worn. With a number of emendations, indicating that the letter is a draft. The recipient is not identified, but is presumably a senior Home Office official such as the Principal Private Secretary to Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel. Beginning: 'I find that the list which I sent you, of the number of Prisoners in the Gaol of the City of Canterbury, at the times of holding the General Sessions, for the last quarter years, did include the Debtors & Prisoners under the Mutiny Act. | It is clear that the necessities of the City do not require a Gaol upon the Scale directed by the General Act passed last Sessions. Might not the provision intended for the relief of the Counties in Wales, be extended to all the Cities & Towns mentioned in the Schedule to the General Act; or at least to each of them of which the population does not amount to thousand?' He explains how the non-extension of the provision will leave these places 'in a worse situation than all other corporate Towns in the Kingdom', with reference to 'the Magistrates of the Counties'; the population of various places in Kent. If 'Mr Peels present Bills' are passed as they stand, 'Maidstone, Rochester, Dover, & Sandwich, will be at liberty to contract with the Magistrates of the County of Kent for keeping their Prisoners if they wish it, & can do it, [ ] Canterbury, on the other hand, must either contract with the Magistrates of the County of Kent for keeping its Prisoners, or, if it will not, or cannot do this, must erect a Gaol out of all proportion to its necessities.' He describes the exemption he should like to see introduced as a clause into Peel's bill, and concludes with comments on 'a Paper' which he is sending (not present) regarding the populations of 'Cities & Towns', with special reference to those of Wales. Boteler became Recorder of Canterbury in 1807. His entry in the Oxford DNB describes him as having previously been 'the leading tithe lawyer of the day'. In 1844 he was appointed Senior Commissioner of the District Court of Bankruptcy at Leeds.
Edité par Home Office Whitehall;, 1828
Vendeur : Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Royaume-Uni
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In August 1828, following the passing of the 1828 Madhouse Act, the Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel established a commission to oversee London's madhouses, consisting of five physicians, six Middlesex JPs, and ten other honorary (i.e. unpaid) commissioners. The present document by Peel casts interesting light on the process of appointment. It is on both sides of 18 x 23 cm piece of paper, evidently used as envelope for 'the Instrument' mentioned in Peel's note. Aged, and with tear and hole caused by breaking open of seal. Folded twice. On one side, in the panels made by the folding of the envelope, is the note: 'I have signed the Instrument for the appointment of the Lunatic Commissioners & I return it. | Have the names carefully inserted. I had begun to write them out but was not quite sure as to the correct designation - | See my List on the back of this envelope. I fear I have too many Members of Parliament therefore I have added the name you suggest of Hon. B. Bouverie & also that of Sir George Hampson or Hampston whom Gordon mentioned You shewed me the name or Mr. Capper [John Capper, Head Clerk at the Home Office] did in the Red book | You had better have the name of Dr. Turner inserted although he has not answered my Letter - | Have notes with my Compts. Addressed to Mr Bouverie - & Mr George Hampston stating that I have taken the Liberty of including their names'. On the other side of the document making 1p, 8vo is Peel's list of sixteen non-medical commissioners, beginning with 'Lord Granville Somerset | Robert Gordon Esqr.' and ending with 'The Honble. B. Bouverie | Col. Clitherow'. Beside each name, in another hand, is an amended form of address for the individual, beginning with 'Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset' and ending with Colonel James Clitherow'. At the foot of the page (in a line of surnames with Christian names beneath) are the names of the five medical commissioners: 'Bright [John], Drever [Thomas], Hume [John R], Southey [Henry H], Turner [Thomas]'. From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.