Auction Date:2011 Jun 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
TLS signed “Wire. Yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, black-bordered Home Secretary letterhead, September 22, 1910. Letter to Charles Masterson, labeled at the top by Churchill, “Private.” In full: “I am writing to Shackleton and asking whether it will be convenient for him to come and see me on Monday or Tuesday. My plans for next week and the week after have been a little altered owing to the difficulty which attended my project for having a series of conferences within this period. Lloyd George has asked me to go and stay with him at Criccieth next week, and I have accepted for Wednesday unless, indeed, as is not impossible, I am commanded to Balmoral. Do not attach too great importance to your sensitive West Ham. The great mass of the electorate have had enough of politics for the present. I shall be at the Office on Monday. It would be nice if you and your wife could come and lunch.” In fine condition, with a bit of scattered mild toning, primarily along horizontal folds, and a crease to top right corner.
Britain was in the midst of a constitutional crisis in 1910, further complicated by the death of Edward VII in May (hence the black-bordered mourning page) and the ascension of George V to the throne. Given the inexperience of the new monarch and the fact that the “great mass of the electorate have had enough of politics for the present,” Parliamentary leaders from both Liberal and Conservative factions agreed to work together to resolve any issues, including devising a federal system for Ireland and creating a general social welfare program. As mentioned here, Churchill had to turn down an invitation from David Lloyd George, who would later become one of Britain’s greatest prime ministers, to visit the royal residence at Balmoral Castle. Masterson, the original recipient of this letter, was Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office, who had received a request for a job as labor adviser to the Home Office. Unique correspondence from a turbulent time in British politics.
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