WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 15/16 MAY 2021

24 19th Century 44 1815-1842 correspondence from David BailieWarden, United States Consul to France and former insurgent in the 1798 Irish Rebellion. (9) 1815 (20 March) to Reverend Maron introducing a Mr Armstrong, 1823 (23 January) to Baron de Ferussac, 1825 (5 November) to M. Delvincourt, Professor of Law regarding M. Laurence , 1827 (14 August) re Dr. Gregson, 1829 (3 November) to M. De Monglave,1834 (27 October) and 1839 (25 November) to the Marquis de Fortia, 1844 (20 October) to the Count of Sappis relating to the Marquis de Passy, all contemporaneous handwritten copies with Warden’s signature, also 1844 (19 January) letter to M. Merlin, Library at 7 Quai des Augustins, with Paris postmark. Mostly single page, 8.5 by 6.5 inches, a couple smaller. Condition: Mainly fine, slight toning to a couple of pages. Warden was born in 1772 in Ballycastle near Newtownards in County Down. He attended Bangor Academy and Glasgow University. At Glasgow he was awarded a Master of Arts in 1797. Warden accepted a provisional license to preach from the Presbytery of Bangor. At the same time he joined the Society of United Irishmen. On June 7, 1798, Warden had been hastily commissioned as a local commander to replace William Steel Dickson who had been captured. Following a rebel ambush of government troops at Saintfield on June 9, on June 10, “Pike Sunday”, Warden assembled his forces, 300 men, whom he marched on Newtownards. After repelling the first assault, the garrison of Yorkshire Fencibles withdrew, allowing the rebels to establish in the town a French revolutionary style Committee of Public Safety. The “Republic” lasted only three days. Beginning late on June 12, Warden as “aide de camp” to Henry Munro, witnessed the rout of the main rebel conjunction at Ballynahinch. Warden escaped the fate of his mentor, James Porter, hung at Castlereagh’s insistence outside his church in Greyabbey in July. Through the intercession of influential friends, Castlereagh allowed him permanent exile. He sailed for the United States, where he established himself as a tutor to the families of some influential men including General John Armstrong. When in 1806 President Jefferson appointed Armstrong Minister to the Court of Emperor Napoleon, Warden accompanied him as legation secretary to Paris. In 1808 Jefferson appointedWarden consul pro tempore, But for a one year gap in 2010 Warden remained in Paris until his death in 1845. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £430-£610) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 44