Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-07-29
Rare A Autographs.

An extremely valuable collection O
autographs. belonging to the late Sil
William Tite, was sold lately in Lon.
don. Among the most important lots
and those which brought the highest
prices, was long letter of Rabelals, in
Latin, which was knocked down, aftel
a spirited competition, for f62; three
letters of Edward Gibbon, which real
lied prices from f3 up to 60 10s.; two
letters of Robert Burns, which fetched
| fS IS. and f7 12s., respectively, and
the original Ms. of his song "ScOts wha
hae WI Wallace bled,- which was
knocked down for f25. A letter OF
Buckingham, the favorite of Kings
Charles and James, who was assassi-
mated by FentOn. fetched Ell 10s.: an
interesting letter of Lord Byron, speak
ing of the critics of the press, Els. A
holOgraph letter of Charles l., one page
folio, addressed to "My only deare
sister," and dated from the Palace of
Greenwich, also f1S. A long letter
from Boswell to David Garrick, men
tioning DR.. johnson, Ell; a letter of
kitty Olive" to "My dear Popy,"
dated Twickenham, 1884, Eli; one from
Francis Bacon, ViscOunt st. Albans,
one page folio, f21; mere signature
of Nell Gwynn, or rather only her ini-
tials scrawled at the foot of a letter in
dited by her to an amanuensis as
ignorant of spelling as herself, f2s;
two letters of William COwper, f5 5s.
and f7, respectively; a letter of the
Duke of Wellington to Mr.; Wilson
Croker, on the subject of the battle of
Wesley, taken by electricity" and
accompanied by letters of Professor
Faraday and others, curious speci-
men of the dawn which came before
the rising sun of photography, ga; a
long letter of Jeremy Taylor on the
subject of Irish ecclesiastical and politi-
cal affairs, FL 15s.; an unpublished let
ter of VOltaire respecting his intended
purchase of an estate at Ferney, f5 5s.;
two letters of the witty Dean of St.
Patrick, Jonathan Swift, f13 5s. and
f1S5s.; one OF Sir Richard Steele,
f5 los; one of Laurence Sterne, f13; a
long letter of Robert SOuthey, referring
to his MadOc, f7 U.s.; one in Italian of
Peter Paul Rubens, f7; one of John
Dryden, f25; another of the same,
f17 10s.; one of Schiller, in German,
Ell 10s.; one of Richardson, the novel
ist, "a; one of Samuel FOOte, f7 15s !;
one of Matthew Prior, "a 6s.; one of
William CObbett, go 5s.; two letters of
Alexander Pope, f6 los. and Eli re-
spectively; one of Lord Nelson, ad-
dressed to Lady Hamilton, f5 5s.; two
letters of Samuel L. COleridge, f10 and
f12 each; a speech of Thomas Babing-
ton Macaulay, evidently written out
for the reporters, f12 10s.; letter of
David Hume, Els 1Os.; one of arch
bishop Leighton, S1S; letter of
Charles Lamb, f14 5s.; the original
manuscript of the Dissertation on
Roast Pig" signed "Elia," f34; letter
of Oliver Goldsmith, addressed to
David Garrick, which fetched the large
sum of EGO; letter of .'Marye, Queen
of England so signed in full, and
dated in 1856, 81 5s.; long holOgraph
letter from the same Queen to her
uncle, the Cardinal of Lorraine, on the
international politics of France and
England, which fetched f95; and, per
haps, the very best existing specimen
of letter of the Protector, Oliver
Cromwell, addressed to Sir Edmund
Bacon, giving details of some military
exploits before GainsbOrough, which
was knocked down, after considerable
competition, for f106.