PEASE, Sir Joseph Whitwell, Bt (1828-1903). Director of mercantile enterprise.
Letter Signed (secretarial hand) to the naturalist Professor [Richard] Owen, 3 pages 8vo, 24 Kensington Palace Gardens, 19 June 1883. Agreeing that it would have been better 'if the North Eastern had put out their Stock at the market price of the day'.

'... May I say what a pleasure it is to me to receive a letter from you, whose services to the world of science, and to the State, have been for so many years so considerable.'

£40 [No: 24486]