In 1934, during a period of political unrest, Pétain reluctantly allowed himself to be appointed minister of war, becoming secretary of state in 1935, petitioning the government for more funding for the army, and to increase the period of compulsory conscription from two to three years. After the Nazi invasion..... More
Pickford writes to accept the offer from Burns of 'the original of the illustration of "The Wife Who Had Everything". I shall be so happy to receive it because it does resemble my husband to a great degree'. The illustration accompanied a story by Louis and Irene Kittle Kamp in..... More
Proust writes to persuade his 'Chère amie' that his financial troubles (apparently mentioned in an earlier letter) are transitory and that he is horrified that she believed he was asking to borrow money. The following quote is just a sample; there's a lot more in the same vein! 'C'est peut-être..... More
Rogers won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Kitty Foyle; the dress she wore in the film (as in the photograph here) became a new dress style, known as a 'Kitty Foyle' dress. More
'In the years between 1745 and 1749 Jean Jacques Rousseau was employed by Louise Marie Madeline Dupin as a research assistant on her ambitious project to delineate in print the history of women. After years of labor by Rousseau and Madame Dupin her "Ouvrage sur les Femmes" was shelved, unfinished..... More
The catalyst for the discord appears to have been Hippeau's biting lampoon of Gounod in the issue of 29 October 1882. Saint-Saëns had hitherto been listed prominently on the covers as an official collaborator of the magazine; his name is absent from the issue of 13 November. His relationship with..... More
The grant is for 'Eighty acres numbered 161 in the Provincial Survey', purchased by 'Henry Giles of Adelaide | Merchant' for the sum of £80. Henry Giles (1812-1892) was born at 'Farrington-Gurney, Somerset, England and came to South Australia on the ship 'Buffalo' in 1836, listed as a Labourer. He..... More
The land order, issued in London, states that 'Captain Daniel Pring of Guildford Street hath paid for One Section of Rural Land, consisting of Eighty Acres, and also for Ten other Acres of Town Land, forming a portion of the 9,000 Acres purchased by certain Directors of an Association for..... More
The poster was apparently produced by the Norfolk Island Military Museum in 2001. The laminate on the verso has been inscribed in felt-tipped pen: 'Carried by LS Phoebe Evans | Federation Guards, Gallipoli | 25 April 2015 [with her signature]'. Ms Evans was one of only eighteen members of the..... More
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593-1641), and William Laud (1573-1645), archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45), were influential counsellors to Charles I during his period of personal rule. The letters deal primarily with proposed television documentaries; one is signed 'yours sincerely, Hugh Trevor-Roper', while the two others are signed simply 'Hugh'..... More
'I intended to stay here only one week & to be able to spend the next with yourself & my excellent friends the Martins. As it is, I shall only be able to come to you' for a shorter period of time ... Provenance: Collection of The Hon Barry Jones..... More
Sarah Anne Hildyard was appointed as governess to the older Royal children in January 1847. 'Nicknamed Tilla, the new governess was chosen by Baron Stockmar, and ... Vicky was fortunate in the Baron's choice. Miss Hildyard, the daughter of a clergyman, was intelligent, well-read, and a stimulating teacher' (Pakula: 'An..... More
The licence is granted to Giffard to defend John Howells of Merthyr at Glamorgan Spring Assizes of 1869 on a charge of manslaughter. The document is countersigned by the Home Secretary, Henry Austin Bruce. Hardinge Giffard was later appointed Lord Chancellor and 1st Earl of Halsbury; he is best known..... More
'Felix Werder [Bischofswerder] was born in Berlin in 1922 but fled the increasingly difficult political situation in Nazi Germany in 1935. On arriving in Australia with his father in 1940 [on the 'Dunera'], Werder was interned for four years as a political prisoner. During this time he produced a large..... More
Wilberforce has made a request to his friend Commander Sir George Grey on the addressee's behalf (regarding a 'young man' - presumably a reference or letter of introduction), and writes that the application has been well received. The addressee is possibly Robert Bowyer, miniature painter, publisher and fellow abolitionist. In..... More
