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MARGARET THATCHER
Five autograph manuscripts on relations with the United States of America, comprising:
a. Autograph speech notes for the farewell lunch at Chequers for US ambassador Charlie Price, 5 February 1989, paying tribute to Price’s personal qualities, noting the key issues of the UK-US relationship, including Libya and Lockerbie, as well as her own ‘happy memories’ of the White House and Camp David, and her ‘close relationship with Ron & Nancy [Reagan]’, ending with a ringing endorsement of the special relationship, ‘Friendship between US & UK never greater in peace time than now’. On 6 cards with printed heading of 10 Downing Street, 90 x 115mm.
b. Autograph manuscript notes, ‘America’, n.d., a tribute to the United States of America: ‘Yours is a country founded on liberty, more than any other / Yours is a country to which refugees came, more than any other / Yours is a people who have fought against tyranny the world over, more than any other’. One page, 241 x 191mm, in blue and red ink.
c. Autograph manuscript notes for a speech in honour of ‘Walter & Lee’ [Annenberg], n.d. [after 1992], who 'Represent all that is best in America', praising their work for the Children's Institute, whose 'Purpose [is] to make the American dream a reality for those who otherwise may never have had the opportunity'. 3 pages, 4to, in black ink with red underlining, on personal stationery.
d. Autograph manuscript draft for a speech at the national convention of Concerned Women for America [after 1992], opening 'Alan Greenspan hails the U.S. economic system, built on a culture of freedom, trust, rule of law and individual fair dealing...', and going on with the prayer 'When thou embarkest on any great endeavour ...'. 2 pages, 4to, the first on personal stationery.
e. Autograph manuscript draft for the opening of a speech at Denver University, n.d., on the American spirit: ‘you serve your country best, by bequeathing to the future an even greater inheritance than that which you yourselves received’. One page, 4to.
Five autograph manuscripts on relations with the United States of America, comprising:
a. Autograph speech notes for the farewell lunch at Chequers for US ambassador Charlie Price, 5 February 1989, paying tribute to Price’s personal qualities, noting the key issues of the UK-US relationship, including Libya and Lockerbie, as well as her own ‘happy memories’ of the White House and Camp David, and her ‘close relationship with Ron & Nancy [Reagan]’, ending with a ringing endorsement of the special relationship, ‘Friendship between US & UK never greater in peace time than now’. On 6 cards with printed heading of 10 Downing Street, 90 x 115mm.
b. Autograph manuscript notes, ‘America’, n.d., a tribute to the United States of America: ‘Yours is a country founded on liberty, more than any other / Yours is a country to which refugees came, more than any other / Yours is a people who have fought against tyranny the world over, more than any other’. One page, 241 x 191mm, in blue and red ink.
c. Autograph manuscript notes for a speech in honour of ‘Walter & Lee’ [Annenberg], n.d. [after 1992], who 'Represent all that is best in America', praising their work for the Children's Institute, whose 'Purpose [is] to make the American dream a reality for those who otherwise may never have had the opportunity'. 3 pages, 4to, in black ink with red underlining, on personal stationery.
d. Autograph manuscript draft for a speech at the national convention of Concerned Women for America [after 1992], opening 'Alan Greenspan hails the U.S. economic system, built on a culture of freedom, trust, rule of law and individual fair dealing...', and going on with the prayer 'When thou embarkest on any great endeavour ...'. 2 pages, 4to, the first on personal stationery.
e. Autograph manuscript draft for the opening of a speech at Denver University, n.d., on the American spirit: ‘you serve your country best, by bequeathing to the future an even greater inheritance than that which you yourselves received’. One page, 4to.
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