MACDONALD
(J. Ramsay, 1866-1937, Prime Minister)
Fine Long Typed Letter Signed with autograph corrections as Prime Minister to T. Ll. Humberstone B. Sc.
regretting “that a Cabinet Meeting will prevent my attending your Conference at Wembley... I have been looking forward to this meeting with great pleasure, as I wished to try and say something to impress upon the public the necessity of treating political questions in a scientific spirit, and not merely in a short-vision, partisan frame of mind. Until we regard administration and legislation in precisely the same manner as a scientific worker approaches his work in a laboratory, we shall never be able to get results of a permanent character, nor shall we secure respect for our public institutions. I was hoping that one of the results of the war would have been to have eliminated from the House of Commons the ‘methods of the dog fight’. Unfortunately, there are far too many signs that that hope is not to be fulfilled. The matter ultimately rests with the public, which ought to scan with scrupulous vigilance proceedings in Parliament, not merely in relation to this topic or that, but to the spirit of national concern which its debates show. If our social organisation is still so very rudimentary that the public are open to the exploitation of any interest that is placed for the moment in a position of economic advantage, it is mainly owing to the fact that scientific methods have hardly yet been applied to Society itself. I hope that as a result of your Conference a beginning will be made in the scientific consideration of the of the problems which confront Parliament, and if that happens the promoters of this Conference will have great cause to congratulate themselves on what they have done...”, 2 sides 4to., 10 Downing Street, blindstamp headed paper, 28th May
Item Date:
1924
Stock No:
41817
£325
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"ALL THE GHOSTS ... ARE PEACEFUL"
MACDONALD
(J. Ramsay, 1866-1937, Prime Minister)
Fine Typed Letter Signed to Mrs Nodin
thanking her for her letter and saying that he is "indeed head over ears in work, and as every day brings its own lot I do not know when I am going to get through it. I have been at home ever since I returned from Algiers. I wish you could come up and see the house and not only hear about it. It is very quiet, and all the ghosts in it are peaceful ...", 1 side A4, House of Commons headed paper, 9th February
Item Date:
1927
Stock No:
40052
£275
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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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