Royalty “I am so charmed so delighted with my ever admired & dear Mr. Hayley’s Triumph of Music”
377. Lady Emma Hamilton. Scarce ALS signed “Emma Hamilton,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, no date.
Letter expressing delight with poet William Hayley’s ‘Triumph of Music,’ in part: “I am so charmed so delighted with my ever admired & dear Mr. Hayley’s Triumph of Music that I can only say I have not words to tell you how I am affected by it but he was & ever will be my favorite author so my dear sir tell me where I can write to him that I may express my gratitude to this admirable man that has the power of making me feel what I can’t express. He was so good to write to me to ask me to give him some hints about my pictures...My heart & my head have been so agitated lately with misfortunes & my very uncomfortable situation had so depressed my spirits that I had not heart to begin any thing that could make me look back. I am better now & I hope happier prospects before me. Tell me is Mr. Hayley in town that I may see him or if not that I may write to him.” In fine condition. An immensely desirable letter with intriguing content. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $300
“I, Edward the Eighth...do hereby declare My irrevocable determination to renounce the Throne” 378. King Edward VIII. Souvenir typescript of King Edward VIII’s “Instrument
of Abdication,” signed “Edward, Duke of Windsor,” one page, 5.5 x 8.75, in part: “I, Edward the Eighth…do hereby declare My irrevocable determination to renounce the Throne for Myself and for My descendants, and My desire that effect should be given to this Instrument of Abdication immediately. In token whereof I have hereunto set My hand this tenth day of December, nineteen hundred and thirty-six.” In fine condition, with trimmed edges. Edward’s intention to marry the divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson caused a British constitutional crisis. Rather than give up his wife-to-be, he decided to abdicate. A historic piece from Edward VIII, who famously chose love over the British throne. Pre-certified PSA/DNA. Starting Bid $200
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