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425 MCINTOSH (JOHN, Union General). A. L. s., 1 p., 4to. Milledgeville, [Dec.] 14th, 1820. Declining invitation because of his health.

426 MCLEOD (DONALD, Poet). Original Autograph Manuscript of "Plasmion, a poem delivered before the Philomathean and Eucleian Societies of the New York University. July 13th, 1841." 26 pp., 4to, sewn.

427 MACREADY (WILLIAM, Actor). 3 A. L. s., 1 p. each, 4to. V. p., 1812-29. On theatrical affairs. With playbill.

428 MADISON (DOROTHY P., Wife of President Madison). A. L. s., 1 p., 8vo. Washington, Jan'y 15th, '45. To Dr. Sprague. Thanking him for a book, and enclosing an A. Ms. s. by her of her husband's "Advice to My Country," 2 pp., Washington, Jan'y 15th, '45. 2 pieces.

VERY FINE.

429 MAETERLINCK (MAURICE, Belgian Author). A. L. s. on card, 2 pp., small 4to. N. p., n. d. To Robert Scheffer. Friendly letter. With addressed envelope.

430 MALLORY (STEPHEN R., Confederate Secretary of the Navy). L. s., 3 pp., 4to. Confederate States of America. Navy Department. Richmond, December 27, 1861. To Henry T. Clark, Governor of North Carolina. In regard to the defences of Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds.

431 MALONE (EDMUND, Irish Literary Critic and Shakespearean Scholar). A. L. s., 2 pp., 4to. May 10, 1806.

"My time being at present entirely taken up with the Life of Shakespeare and the revision of my edition for a new impression, which I hope to put to the press before the end of the year, I have also been engaged in adding some new notes to Boswell's Life of Johnson, of which a fifth edition is now about to be printed.''

432 MANNING (HENRY E., Cardinal). A Collection of letters of Cardinal Manning and members of his family, consisting of 5 letters of the Cardinal, signed with his initials; one from his Mother, giving instructions as to the disposal of her personal effects after her death; one from his Father, and other letters from his nephew, etc. In all 14 pieces.

433 MANSFIELD (RICHARD, American Actor). A. L. s., 5 pp., 8vo. The Brunswick, April 13, 1891. To the Editor of the Boston Herald.

Mansfield's famous letter relative to the authorship of "Beau Brummel,'' and Clyde Fitch's connection therewith.

MARAT TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

434 MARAT (JEAN PAUL, French Revolutionist). A. L. in the third person, 1 p., 4to. N. p., Ce 22 Aoust, "79. To Benjamin Franklin.

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435 MARBLEHEAD CUSTOM HOUSE PAPERS. A Collection of about 2000 Letters and Documents relating to the collection of Duties at Marblehead. 1789 to 1869.

A COLLECTION OF GREAT INTEREST AND IMPORTANCE containing a nearly complete set of the signatures of the Secretaries of the Treasury of the United States, of the Comptrollers, auditors, etc.; Ships manifests signed by consuls in all parts of the world; signatures of the collectors of the ports of Marblehead and Boston, including series by George Bancroft (the historian), Samuel R. Gerry, Henry Dearborn, James Lovell, Gen. Benjamin Lincoln, etc. This collection forms a practically complete maritime history of Marblehead and its vast fishery industry.

436 MARCH (CHARLES W., American Author). A Collection of A. L. s. (initials) and A. L., 1 p. to 4 pp., 8vo. V. p., 1850-5. 20 pieces.

A SERIES OF GLOWING AND SPLENDIDLY FRANK LETTERS to his "better self," his "soul's consistory."

THE VERY RARE AUTOGRAPH OF

MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE

437 MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE, OR D'ANGOULEME, Sister of Francis I. Author of the Heptameron. A. L. s., 1 p., folio. N. p., n. d. To Cardinal Jean du Bellay.

A VERY RARE AUTOGRAPH. "You have heard the good will that our Holy Father bears to Monsieur the Cardinal de Lorraine, and the promise he has made to him to give the hat to Monsieur de Chalons, which seems to me to be so much to the King's advantage, that all his servants must press him.” [Translation]

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438 MARIA THERESA, Daughter of Charles VI, crowned Queen of Hungary. D. s., 1 p., folio. February 5, 1754. With wax seal.

RARE AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF MARIE ANTOINETTE

439 MARIE ANTOINETTE (Queen of France). small 4to. N. p., n. d. [To Count Fusen (1).] authentication by Charavay.

A. L. s., 1 p., With letter of

A BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN. THE AUTOGRAPH OF THIS UNFORTUNATE QUEEN IS EXCESSIVELY RARE AS A HOLOGRAPH LETTER. She has spoken to the king, she writes, who has taken the Count's advice and charges her to tell him so. It would be well for him to come tomorrow after Mass, as the club does not meet, and the affair will then be taken up again and settled definitely.

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440 D. s., 1 p., 4to. N. p., Le premiere janvier, mil sept cent quatre vingt quatre. Order to pay. Signed also by Beauvillair and others. (Text of document trimmed into, soiled, hole in fold.)

441 MARIE LOUISE, EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH. "Maria Luigia," 2 pp., folio. Brunecken, 1818.

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