WILKES, John (1727-1797). Autograph letter signed to a Mr. O'Byrne, Prince's Court, 25 July n.y., advising his correspondent on the admission of children to Christ's Hospital, and relating the suicide of his best tenant in Cambridgeshire who died in debt, and, in a postscript, asking permission to borrow a set of Voltaire, one page, 4to, integral blank; and a scribal letter 'To the Gentlemen, Clergy & Freeholders of the County of Middlesex', King's Bench Prison, 17 December 1768, taking responsibility for his actions and justifying his letter to the Secretary of State, 3 pages, 4to, (splits repaired). -- DAY, Thomas (1748-1789). Autograph letter signed to his publisher Stockdale, Anringsby, 16 August 1789, acknowledging a conciliatory letter over an misunderstanding, and asking the favour of taking delivery of a mare being sent from Scotland, and in a postscript requesting replacements for two imperfect books, 2¼ pages, 4to; with a manuscript in a later hand objecting to the publication of Day's work in an one-volume edition entitled Sandford & Merton for the use of Schools, Piccadilly, 23 February 1801. -- LOFFT, Capell (1751-1824). Autograph letter signed to Thomas Hill, Frocton, 16 November 1806, expressing pleasure that his sonnet on the death of Fox was printed in the Monthly Mirror, and recounting at length his quarrel with Richard Bloomfield and asking Hall for his advise, and commenting on the election of Sheridan, 4 pages including address panel, 4to (seal tear repaired with slight loss). -- WILBERFORCE, William (1759-1833). Autograph letter initialled to 'My dear Mar..', Kens[ington]n Gore, 29 May 1817, warmly replying to a letter received, advising on finding a suitable clergyman on the East Coast, recommending some religious works to read, and mentioning mutual friends, 4 pages, 8vo; and a letter signed from Arthur Young, Bradfield, 1 November 1811, 3 pages, 4to. (7)