PEEL ROBERT: (1788-1850) British Prime Minister 1834-35 & 1841-46. An interesting A.L.S., Robert Peel, three pages, 8vo, Whitehall (London), n.d. (´Sunday´, c.1802-03), to Lady Stanley. Peel writes ´You seemed interested by my account of the autograph letter of Bonaparte to Talleyrand, and I have therefore sent it for your inspection - with a more legible decipher of it, fully to estimate the curiosity of the document´ and also refers to the ambassador, Lord Whitworth´s reports ´of the state of his negotiations with Bonaparte and Talleyrand at the time´. In a postscript, which fills the third page of the bifolium, Peel further writes ´While I am on the subject of autographs I may as well send you others though much less important and interesting - one by Moore and the other by Byron´. One light circular stain to the first page, only very slightly affecting one word of text, otherwise VG

Charles Whitworth (1752-1825) Lord Whitworth. British diplomat and politician who served as British Ambassador to France 1802-03. During this time he clashed with Napoleon Bonaparte on several occasions, most famously on 13th March 1803 when Napoleon, at the conclusion of a violent tirade before a full court, exclaimed loudly to Whitworth ´Malheur à ceux qui ne respectent pas les traités. Ils en seront responsables à toute l'Europe´ (´Woe to those who do not respect treaties! They will be responsible to all Europe´).