Documents including Autographs
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Lot 4093 Session 12 (11.30am Thursday) Documents including Autographs
Estimate $50
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SOLD $30
JOHN GULLY SIGNATURE, on part of an envelope and at side is written, 'Autograph of Mr John Gully - Died 9th March 1863', with attached newspaper cutting of an entire column (approx 46cm long) detailing his lifetime achievements. Very fine.
John Gully, a politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1837, was a man with a chequered and colourful life including time in prison, pugalism at a time when 50 or 60 rounds were not uncommon, and also a horse owner and gambler. He was one of the owners of the winner of both the Epsom Derby and the St Leger in 1832.
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