Images Dated 17th October 2006

Portugal. Evora. Church of St. Francis. Manueline style.1475

Portugal. Evora. Church of St. Francis or Chapel of the Bones. Gothic style with some Manueline influences betwwen 1475-1550. Desing of Martim Lourenco

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Letter from Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley MP, 14th April 1782.Artist: Benjamin Franklin

Letter from Benjamin Franklin to David Hartley MP, 14th April 1782. Letter written from Passy when Franklin was Minister from the United States to France suggesting that, if the new English Ministry (of Lord Rockingham) was disposed to treat for a general peace, Henry Laurens should be set at full liberty and should bring over propositions. Both Franklin and fellow American Laurens were included in a commission from Congress to conclude a peace, dated 15th June, 1781. The latter, when on a mission to the Netherlands to negotiate a loan, had been captured at sea and was a prisoner on parole in England. The Definitive Treaty between Great Britain and the United States was negotiated by Hartley with Franklin and the others, being signed at Paris, 3rd September, 1783. From the fifth series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V. (London, 1899)

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Letter from Martin Luther to Thomas Cromwell, 9th April 1536. Artist: Martin Luther

Letter from Martin Luther to Thomas Cromwell, 9th April 1536. Letter, written in Latin from Wittenberg on Palm Sunday, by Martin Luther to Thomas Cromwell (afterwards Lord Cromwell and Earl of Essex), Secretary to Henry VIII, excusing himself for not having replied to his letter bought by Dr Barnes on account of the sudden departure of the latter, deprecating the compliments to himself contained in it and expressing his joy at Cromwell's zeal for the cause of Christ and his power to advance it. From the second series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V. (London, 1899)

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