PBA Galleries

Most of the items in old blue auction folders, with the letters hinged or tipped in, often accompanied by engraved portraits of the signatories, newspaper clippings, etc.

Collection focused on lawyers, judges, high chancellors, statesmen, and others - among the more notable are William Gladstone; Lords Palmerston and Salisbury; Roundell Palmer; Sir Fitzroy Kelly; Lord Chancellor John Singleton Copley; and more. Some have multiple letters, so 34 persons are represented. A complete listing of the these persons, and the number of items each has, is available on request. In addition, there are approximately 14 additional autograph items from the same collection, which have not been identified.