Lot 117
Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry (1698-1778) Named Privy Councillor and Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland by George III. Autograph Letter Signed ("Queensberry"), 1½pp, n.p., April 25, 1737. To an unknown correspondent regarding a box arriving at the Custom House from Holland, containing "a Turning wheel with several tools belonging to it, which was made at Spa according to a particular model I saw there…." He asks the recipient to shepherd them through customs and assures him that "all those things are onely for my own amusement. I beleive there are a few Ivory or Tortois shell snuffboxes sent with the tools by way of specimen…." He adds that Mr. Lowther, "my Lord Londsdale's brother," also bought a few tools and asks that they be put in the same box as his. Boldly penned and signed on laid paper.
Estimated Value $150 - 200.
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