GRANT DUFF, Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone (1829-1906). Statesman & author.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Thomas] Carlyle, 2 pages 8vo on blacked-edged paper (slight traces of mounting), 4 Queen's Gate Gardens, 26 July 1875. Asking whether he might bring Sir Bartle Frere ('one of the best of our Indian Statesmen') to visit Carlyle the following Tuesday.
£65 [No: 20768]
Autograph Letter Signed to [Thomas] Carlyle, 2 pages 8vo on blacked-edged paper (slight traces of mounting), 4 Queen's Gate Gardens, 26 July 1875. Asking whether he might bring Sir Bartle Frere ('one of the best of our Indian Statesmen') to visit Carlyle the following Tuesday.
'... Your kindness in receiving my friend Mr Charles Norton some years ago emboldens me to make this request.'
£65 [No: 20768]
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