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George III (1738-1820), King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1760-1820. Document Signed, 'George R', as King, 7 May 1800, 'Warrant for holding a General Court Martial for the trial of Lieutenant Caleb Minchin of the 36th Regiment of Foot, late of the 51st Regiment of Foot' (endorsement), addressed to Sir Charles Morgan, Bt, signed at head and countersigned by the Duke of Portland (Home Secretary, later Prime Minister) at foot, papered seal, several splits on folds with some paper repairs not affecting text, some browning, 3 pp., folio, together with: Victoria Battenberg (later styled Victoria Mountbatten), Marchioness of Milford Haven (1863-1950), Autograph Letter Signed, 20 February 1888, to 'Dear Miss Simmons', from Valetta (Malta), inviting her to dinner, plus other sundry ephemeral items comprising: Two tickets of admission to the coronation Edward VII (Constitution Hill Stand), number 163 and 164, undated, but 1902, either 26 June or the postponed date of 9 August following the king's abdominal surgery; Letter to Mrs Charles Orman (?wife of the cricketer, 1869-1927) from her father, Sandringham, 27 January 1895, describing a house party given by the prince (probably the Prince Regent), including his conversation with [Leander Starr] Jameson 'who commanded in the Matabele wars' and describing the house etc. ('All the clocks are set at half an hour in advance of railway time, which is most puzzling'), 11 pp., 8vo; Conveyance of property in Brandenburgh Road, Gunnersbury, 1 January 1902, between Harry Valentine Crane and Charles Dickens [not the son of the novelist]; Army discharge certificate, 5 June 1838 for Private Stephen Frost. ?mid-nineteenth-century copy relating to the Count of Schomberg, 1691, 4 pp., 4to, with a separate account of the Ionian Isles, 2 pp. 4to; Extract 'On the Slave Trade Ext[racted] from Montesquieu 1804 Autumn’, 3 pages, 4to, with a (?draft) covering letter to Miss Goodwyn; Letter to Dr Buxton at Maize [Maze] Hill, Greenwich, unsigned, 27 April 1804, incorporating verses addressed to the Duke of Portland, and discussing horticultural matters, endorsed on the address-leaf 'Poem by Crowe', with a copy written by Buxton of the apparent last letter (in French) of an 'unfortunate gentleman [who] put an end to his life on Saturday 14th February 1789 in the evening about the time he mentions, in Greenwich Park'; Verses in an unknown hand 'Stork Song’, late 19th century, with a sketch of the bird at the head, 1 page, 4to (Quantity: 14)