Found 2 collections related to Auckland, George Eden, Earl of, 1784-1849

George Eden, first Earl of Auckland, politician and governor-general of India. · To John Bowring, politician, diplomat and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Feb 1834 : (BRNG 0011) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from London : begins, “I enclose three letters – one for yourself – one which I will oblige you to forward ...” – Mounted in the Album of Autograph letters to Jon Bowring. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

Red half morocco album with gilt spine titling ("MSS. / BOWRING / CORRESPONDENCE / 1822-1854"), containing 59 manuscript letters addressed to John Bowring, the English politician, diplomat and writer. Includes letters to Bowring in his capacities as political editor of Jeremy Bentham's radical Westminster Review; as comissioner to investigate Britain's international commercial relations; as consul at Canton; and as governor of Hong Kong. Correspondents include: Maria Edgeworth, novelist and educationist; Richard Cobden, manufacturer and politician; Lord Palmerston, Prime Minister; Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist; and over fifty others. Also included are two letters and a list of books in Bowring's hand; an 1808 letter from the Duke of Wellington to Lt. John Paul of the 33rd Regiment; and an engraving of an English Water Spaniel, by J. Scott, Jun., after C. Tourne. less