Autograph letter addressed from "Cambridge", signed, to Elizabeth Van de Weyer.
Having promised to send prints of [George] Washington and his wife, Sparks encloses some impressions that are not as good as he would have wished, but which he hopes will nevertheless prove worthy additions to Elizabeth's collection.
Autograph letter addressed from "Shirley Park near Croydon", to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, about Sarah Belzoni and sending correspondence from her to Belgium.
Transcription: "Miss Jane Porter presents her best comp[limen]ts to Mr Vail – with the enclosed letter - which he will have the goodness to forward by his free dispatches, or directed, along with the book (or rather number of a work) Mrs [?] to convey to his kind charge, Miss J Porter begs Mr Vail to accept [?] thanks for his continued obligements to her".
Autograph letter addressed from "Manchester", signed, to Messrs Baring & Co. Knowles thanks them for their “honourable rapports to the United States” and sends his very best wishes. Knowles departed for a nine-month trip to the United States shortly after, sailing from Liverpool to New York in early August 1834.
Autograph letter, signed, to an unidentified recipient.
Transcription: "My dear Sir, I commit to your friendly care the inclosed letter and beg to offer my best regards & wishes to the ladies of your family Yours truly obliged J Baillie"
Autograph letter addressed to "Bradenham House, Wycombe", signed, to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, referring to the loan of some books from Van de Weyer’s collection and a discussion of those books.
Autograph letter addressed from "Alnwick Castle", signed, to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, concerning accurate accounts of the history of his family, for which he recommends Collins’s Peerage and the work of Joseph Edmondson.
Autograph letter in French, addressed from "Germain des Près (Paris)", signed, to a M. Drouet, in which he mentions being introduced to M. Van de Weyer.
Autograph letter addressed from "Beaufort House", signed, to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer regarding his sending an engraving to the recipient of the letter.
Autograph letter addressed from "Woolwich", to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, writing to enclose the dock yard report, as requested, and that he would have done more for Van de Weyer if had it been within his power to do so.
Autograph letter addressed from "War Office", to Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer, requesting that he sign the enclosed passport in order to allow Grey passage to Antwerp.