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[BRITISH AUTOGRAPHS]. VICTORIA, Queen of England. Document signed, London, 18 November 1882, 2 pages, folio, in a clear calligraphic hand, large papered seal, conferring the Order of the Bath upon "our most dear son and councillor," Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught; VICTORIA. Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, from 1848 to 1861, ed. Arthur Helps, London, 1868, large 12mo, original green cloth, front hinge broken, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED by Queen Victoria on front free endpaper: "To Eliza Newport from Victoria R..." -- ROBERT STEWART CASTLEREAGH, English Statesman. Autograph letter signed to Augustus Foster, Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the United States, Foreign Office, 7 March 1812, 3 pages, 4to, docketed on verso, stating "...[I] cannot allow the mail to sail for America, without notifying you to my appointment to the Foreign Department...I am desirous of explaining this, that you may not be surprized at the arrival of a Mail without any official notice..."; together 3 items. (3)