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Autograph letter signed from Alexander Hamilton (1762-1824) to Francis Horner (1778-1817), Hertford College, Oxford, 6 September 1807, discussing social engagements and criticising in heavily sarcastic tones the conduct of the British in the Second Battle of Copenhagen, single bifolium, written on 3 sides, address panel and Free Frank to conjugal leaf verso, creased from folding, seal-tear to gutter affecting half a letter both sides of first leaf, 22.5 x 18.7 cm, together with: Morrison (Robert, 1782-1834), Autograph letter signed to John Clunie (1784-1858), principal of Leaf Square Academy near Manchester, Liverpool, 13 July 1824, enclosing a postal order and discussing expenses apparently related to the education of Morrison's children Robert (also a missionary, 1814-1843) and Mary, single bifolium, written on one side, address panel, wax seal and docket to conjugal leaf, creased from folding, seal tear not affecting text, 31.7 x 19 cm, Khan (Sir Syed Ahmed, 1817-1898), Autograph letter signed, London, 10 June 1870, to the librarian of an unidentified institution, enquiring after works relevant to an intended history of Urdu literature, single bifolium of cream laid paper with 21 Mecklenburgh Square letterhead, written on 3 sides, 18 x 11.5 cm, and 13 other letters from 19th-century orientalists including Friedrich Max M�ller (1823-1900), Edward William West (1824-1905; on Persian orthography) and Charles Rieu (1820-1902; on Arabic etymology), of which several addressed to Reinold Rost (1822-1896) as head librarian of the Indian Office library Alexander Hamilton was the leading Sanskritist of his time and a first cousin of the American statesman of the same name; Robert Morrison is considered 'the chief person who opened to his countrymen the road to the knowledge of the language of China' (ODNB); Sir Syed Ahmad Khan Muslim reformer, lived at 21 Mecklenburgh Square, London, from 1869 to 1870. (16)