MACDONALD
(J. Ramsay, 1866-1937, Prime Minister)
Fine Typed Letter Signed to Samuel BICKERSTETH
(1857-1937, Canon of Leeds Minster and later Librarian of Canterbury Cathedral) thanking him for his letter and saying that his “heart is most thoroughly with the ‘Friends of Canterbury’ and I only wish that my purse enabled me to show it, - but I really cannot. I shall always be very glad to help you in any way I can, however. You were most kind to us on Saturday and my friends and myself saw Canterbury from a new point of view. I do hope that we did not inconvenience you and that your family have forgiven me...”, with an autograph note signed by the recipient “The letter was written by him to me after I showed him and Lord Thompson our Cathedral Library June 23 1928, & he is a little mixed in his ecclesiastical titles...”, 1 side 4to., House of Commons headed paper, 26th. June
Item Date:
1928
Stock No:
43267
£175
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MACDONALD
(J. Ramsay, 1866-1937, Prime Minister) and his daughter (Ishbel, 1903-1982, Daughter and Hostess of Ramsay MacDonald when Prime Minister)
Fine pair of signatures on a card
dated in another hand, 4½” x 3½”, no place, 17th April
Item Date:
1925
Stock No:
42652
£75
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MACDONALD PLANNING THE HOLIDAY ON WHICH HE DIED
MACDONALD
(J. Ramsay, 1866-1937, Prime Minister)
Fine Typed Letter Signed to Oliver Bury
thanking him for his letter “with all its helpfulness. I am most grateful to you. The facilities you offer so kindly for Peru will be particularly helpful, and as soon as I arrive in Lima I will present your letter to Mr Hixson and talk my projects over with him. It was so kind of you to make the personal reference to what should be done before finally deciding to go to Cuzco. I shall certainly take that precaution. Quite apart from all this I was really delighted to meet you and have that talk with you at the Peruvian Minister’s...”, 1 side 4to, Upper Frognal Lodge headed paper, 27th October
Item Date:
1937
Stock No:
42643
£225
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MACDONALD
(J. Ramsay, 1866-1937, Prime Minister)
Autograph Letter Signed to Sydney A. GIMSON
(Sydney Ansell, 1860-1938, from 1888 President of the Leicester Secular Society) asking him to “excuse the delay in my reply to your kind invitation to say with you... I have been trying today to get enough work through my hands to enable me to say ‘yes’ to you & so until now I could not write to you. I’ll stay with you with pleasure and travel direct to Hull on Wednesday morning...”, 2 sides 8vo., 3 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, 13th January
Item Date:
1908
Stock No:
42327
£225
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MACDONALD
(J. Ramsay, 1866-1937, Prime Minister)
Fine Typed Letter Signed to Sydney A. GIMSON
(Sydney Ansell, 1860-1938, from 1888 President of the Leicester Secular Society) saying that he hears that he “would like to have a copy of the large panel poster which is in the window of my central committee room. I will send you one with pleasure when I get back to London. I am rather proud of it. It is my own idea, and I think I have been very lucky in the artist...”, 1 side oblong 8vo., Leicester Labour Party, General Election 1910 headed paper, J. Ramsay Macdonald’s Central Committee Room, 44 Belvoir Street, Leicester, 1st December
Item Date:
1910
Stock No:
42328
£175
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