Autograph letter signed : Hill Street, to Sir William Hamilton at Naples, 1779 June 8.

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Autograph letter signed : Hill Street, to Sir William Hamilton at Naples, 1779 June 8.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270606265

Making mention of astronomical instruments being manufactured for Sir John Acton (presumably for the reorganized Neopolitan navy) by Jesse Ramsden with Mackenzie's praises of Ramsden, and including remarks on current international developments.

1 item (7 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Mackenzie, James Stewart, d. 1799.

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Member of Parliament for 40 years. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hill Street, to Sir William Hamilton at Naples, 1779 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606265 ...

Ramsden, J. (Jesse), 1735-1800

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Acton, John Francis Edward, Sir, 6th Bart., 1736-1800.

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Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803

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Sir William Hamilton was a British diplomat, ambassador to Naples (1764-1800), and an archaeologist. His wife, Emma, was the mistress of Admiral Horatio Nelson. Hamilton acquired a collection of antiquities from Pompeii, which he sold to the British Museum in 1772, thereby stimulating wide interest in the art and culture of classical civilizations. He published several works based on archaeological pursuits, including Antiquités étrusques, greques et romains (1766-67) and Mount Vesuvius (1772)...