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LORD SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNE-CECIL (1830-1903); WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE (1809-1898)
Autograph letter signed ("Yours very truly Salisbury"), to Lord Herschell, 3½ pages, 8°, on 20 Arlington Street S.W. headed paper, 11 May 1897. He questions Herschell's argument with reference to South Africa: "you allow nothing for the effect upon the interpretation of provisions in question excercised by the qualifed character of the independence of the Transvaal. You argue as if British subjects were rightly looked upon as aliens and nothing else. We do not take this extreme view. But there lies the knot of controversy." He concludes by supporting Herschell's decision to keep his thoughts out of the public eye "at a time when it might have a serious influence on the action of the Boer government". In original envelope.
Two autograph letters signed ("Yours sincerely W Gladstone") to Lord Farrer Herschell, together 2½ pages, 8°, on Hawarden Castle, Chester and 10 Downing Street, Whitehall headed paper, 27 August 1892 and 16 November 1892, in original envelope signed ("W E Gladstone"). Discussing Irish legislation.
Autograph letter signed ("Herschell"), to Sir William Vernon Harcourt, 8°, 3¼ pages, on Lord Chancellor, House of Lords S.W. headed paper, ?3 June 1894. Discussing the issue of the Prince of Wales holding Council in the absence of the Queen, in original envelope.
Autograph letter signed ("R"), to Harcourt, 8°, 1¼ pages, on First Lord of the Treasury, 10 Downing street, Whitehall, headed paper, 7 May 1894. Discussing the issue of the Prince of Wales holding Council in the absence of the Queen.
All mounted in common frames with portrait prints. (4)
Autograph letter signed ("Yours very truly Salisbury"), to Lord Herschell, 3½ pages, 8°, on 20 Arlington Street S.W. headed paper, 11 May 1897. He questions Herschell's argument with reference to South Africa: "you allow nothing for the effect upon the interpretation of provisions in question excercised by the qualifed character of the independence of the Transvaal. You argue as if British subjects were rightly looked upon as aliens and nothing else. We do not take this extreme view. But there lies the knot of controversy." He concludes by supporting Herschell's decision to keep his thoughts out of the public eye "at a time when it might have a serious influence on the action of the Boer government". In original envelope.
Two autograph letters signed ("Yours sincerely W Gladstone") to Lord Farrer Herschell, together 2½ pages, 8°, on Hawarden Castle, Chester and 10 Downing Street, Whitehall headed paper, 27 August 1892 and 16 November 1892, in original envelope signed ("W E Gladstone"). Discussing Irish legislation.
Autograph letter signed ("Herschell"), to Sir William Vernon Harcourt, 8°, 3¼ pages, on Lord Chancellor, House of Lords S.W. headed paper, ?3 June 1894. Discussing the issue of the Prince of Wales holding Council in the absence of the Queen, in original envelope.
Autograph letter signed ("R"), to Harcourt, 8°, 1¼ pages, on First Lord of the Treasury, 10 Downing street, Whitehall, headed paper, 7 May 1894. Discussing the issue of the Prince of Wales holding Council in the absence of the Queen.
All mounted in common frames with portrait prints. (4)