Lot 86
Napoleonic Wars -- Collection of 31 British and Allied Generals (Prussian, Austrian, Russian, and Spanish). The following generals signed Free Franks unless otherwise noted: Lieutenant General Robert William O'Callaghan, signed paymaster receipt dated 1816 for 144 pounds. Sir David Baird (ALS), William Carr Beresford, William Henry Clinton, Charles Colville, Stanhope Cotton, George Augustus Fitzclarence, George Gordon, Charles Gordon-Lennox, Rowland Hill (1803 ALS), Robert Edward King, Miles Nightengall, Robert William O'Callaghan (1816 PPDS), Edward Paget, Henry Paget, Edmund Phipps, Thomas Pickton, George Ramsay, James St. Clair-Erskine, FitzRoy Somerset, Robert Edward Henry Somerset, Sir Herbert Taylor, Sir Nicholas Trant (1809 ALS), Frederick William Trench, Sir Richard Hussey Vivian (cavalry hero at Waterloo), Ferdinand Carl Joseph of Hapsburg-Este (Com. of Austrian Army, 1819 LS as Gov. of Hungary), Franz Kinski (1791 LS with war content), Baron Sigismund Low (1808 endorsement on document), andKarl Phillip Furst zu Swarzenberg (Austrian FM, 1806 LS to Lt. FM Orsini-Rosenberg). Others include an ANS from Paul Dimitrievich Kisseleff, an officer on the staff of Alexander I; and two Spaniards: Francisco Bernaldo de Quiros Marino (LS) and Claude-Anne Marquis de St. Simon (French-born Spanish FM, 1776 ALS). All items are in fine condition and are presented in a leather, sleeved portfolio. Estimated Value $3,000 - UP
The Richard A. Basler Collection.
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