Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
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February 21
On this day in 1874 Benjamin Disraeli succeeded William Gladstone as British premier much to the delight of Queen Victoria who could not bear Gladstone but had an excellent relationship with Disraeli.
DISRAELI (Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881, Prime Minister and Novelist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed with initial ‘D’ to H. Drummond, saying that he has “little doubt that his Lordship is himself the correspondent of the ‘Post’ - If I remember right it is not the first time that his Manifestos have appeared in the journal ...” returning his letters “& the copy of his resolutions - When Chaos comes, & we have an opportunity of creating order we may set about working in this way, at present we must be less methodical, a little more bungling & practical ...”, 4 sides 8vo., Grosvenor Gate, 4th May n.y., annotated in another hand, 1849
GLADSTONE (William Ewart, 1809-1898, Prime Minister)
Letter Signed to Rev R. Gibbing asking “permission to return you my best thanks for the copy of your work which you have ... forward to me, and for the favourable expressions with which you have accompanied it. From a perusal of the introduction I am led to anticipate valuable instruction from the book itself with which I hope to become acquainted at an early period ...”, 2 sides 8vo., Whitehall, 12th June 1843
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